Patient care management programs: maximizing efficiency through the use of prevalence rates.
Providers are assuming more risk for patient management than ever before. This has led to more interest in managing patients with high-cost, chronic illnesses. In the following article, the authors discuss how accurate chronic disease prevalence rates can be used to better focus care management efforts, leading to a successful, cost-efficient program.
Arrandale
K E
KE
Practice Patterns Science, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Cave
D G
DG
Rowles
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D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D019468:Disease Management; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D018588:Fee-for-Service Plans / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007193:Independent Practice Associations / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015146:Midwestern United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence