title: Does disease management work?
abstract: Is disease management the "solution of the month" or a valid approach to organizing patient care? In the era of rapid change in health care, disease management is emerging as one technique suited to improving measurable health care outcomes at greater cost effectiveness. By taking a leading role in the process, those physician executives who commit to this approach can greatly enhance the potential of these programs to accomplish the desired results.
authors.affiliation: Michael Pine & Associates, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Pasternak
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Harris
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated; D019468:Disease Management; D004345:Drug Industry; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D008486:Physician Executives; D016730:Program Development; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States