title: Outcomes research priorities in chronic care: a private purchaser perspective.
abstract: Private purchasers would benefit from outcomes research in chronic care that could inform their purchasing activities, including benefit design decisions. This article presents 1 purchaser's perspective on 10 areas of research of interest to the purchasing community.
authors.affiliation: Blue Shield of California, San Francisco, California 94105, USA. patricia.salber@blueshieldca.com
authors.forename: Patricia R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Salber
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003363:Cost Control; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D017057:Medically Uninsured; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010349:Patient Compliance; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012106:Research; D014481:United States