Detection and prevention of cardiac risk factors: health risk assessment and targeted follow-up in a managed care population.
Health risk assessment, developed as a clinical tool for the practice of prospective medicine, has been used primarily in worksite health promotion programs to identify cardiac and other risk factors and to plan preventive actions. This article describes the application of a brief health risk assessment with targeted follow-up to a managed care population, randomized by primary care physicians into usual care and special intervention groups. Study design, methods, and preliminary baseline data on participants are presented, and key learnings about administration of this type of program in an integrated health care system are discussed.
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Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems, Inc., Health Management Division, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA.
Horton-La Forge
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D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D011446:Prospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States