Cost-effective potential for home health care.
This article discusses the cost-effective potential of home health care. A forward-looking managed care system might find home health care an increasingly cost-effective bargain. Why is home health care evolving into a better locus for patient care? The home health care facilities are reducing costs and prices in response to new pressures from consumers and new methods of prospective payment.
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Department of Health Services Management and Policy, School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000191:economics*; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States