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Disease Management : Helping Patients ( Who Don ’ t ) Help Themselves ∗
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Gertler, Paul |
| Copyright Year | 2009 |
| Abstract | Chronically ill patients currently consume a significant share of the U.S. health system’s resources and are a rapidly growing segment of the overall population. Disease Management (DM) programs identify high-risk patients among the chronically ill, encourage them to take better care of themselves, and help coordinate the care they receive from various providers. This paper examines the impact of a diabetes Disease Management program. We find that it led to increased compliance with clinical practice guidelines, improvements in patient health, and significant reductions in the total cost of care. The financial benefits are greater for patients lacking “self control” prior to enrollment, as indicated by their failure to comply with generally accepted clinical practice guidelines. These results are especially important for the Medicare program, which has the majority of the chronically ill as beneficiaries. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://people.bu.edu/tsimcoe/documents/published/DiseaseMgmtHE.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
