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Chemotherapy
Disease Management Programs that Focus on Needs of Chronically Ill Patients Can Provide Positive, Cost-Effective Results
April 22nd, 2008
Comprehensive patient care management techniques that include patient education, provider and care coordination and professional support can sharply reduce utilization, such as hospital days and emergency room visits, and overall costs over typical care management programs. A study of Blue Shield of California HMO members, published in The American Journal of Managed Care last year, qualified actual cost reductions for patients with illnesses such as late state cancers or degenerative neurological conditions who participated in this type of expanded care management program. More comprehensive than usual care management interventions, patient-centered management (PCM)...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-04-22)
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