title: Patient care management programs: maximizing efficiency through the use of prevalence rates.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Practice Patterns Science, St. Louis, MO, USA.
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Arrandale
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Cave
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rowles
mesh_terms: 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