The chronic care model versus disease management programs: a transaction cost analysis approach.
The present article applies transaction cost analysis as a framework for better understanding health plans' decisions to improve chronic illness management by using disease management programs versus redesigning care within physician practices.
School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
Jennifer
J
Leeman
Barbara
B
Mark
D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000191:economics* / Q000628:therapy; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis / Q000379:methods; D019468:Disease Management; D017050:Episode of Care; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health; D011216:Practice Management, Medical