CHF disease management programs produce dramatic shift away from hospitalization.
Nurse house calls and more aggressive drug therapy for congestive heart failure are keeping health plan costs down and creating healthier patients as well. Two health plans say these two factors must be added to any CHF disease management program to reach optimal effectiveness.
D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002317:Cardiovascular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017046:Cost Savings; D019468:Disease Management; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D006792:House Calls; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010359:Patient Readmission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D012648:Self Care; D014481:United States