title: Simplified, one-on-one asthma education cuts Medicaid utilization up to 71%.
abstract: Medicaid asthma program slashes utilization, costs: After seeing hospital costs for asthma patients running as high as $500,000 a month, Hartford (CT) Hospital launched its own asthma education program for Medicaid members that's cut ER visits in half and hospital admissions by more than two-thirds. Learn why this person-to-person program works.
mesh_terms: D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000191:economics*; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017721:Hospital Costs / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D008484:Medicaid / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards; D010865:Pilot Projects; D016730:Program Development; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014481:United States