Context Disease management programs are increasingly used to manage costs of patients
with chronic disease. Objective We sought to examine the clinical characteristics and …

Effective and resource-efficient long-term management of multimorbidity is one of the
greatest health-related challenges facing patients, health professionals, and society more …

PURPOSE: To assess the clinical and economic effects of disease management in patients
with chronic diseases. METHODS: Electronic databases were searched for English …

Disease management is being promulgated by many policy makers, legislators, and a
burgeoning new disease management industry as the next major hope, together with …

Objective Evaluating the impact of disease management programs on healthcare
expenditures for patients with diabetes, depression, heart failure or COPD. Methods …

Background Comorbidity is increasingly common in primary care. The cost implications for
patient care and budgetary management are unclear. Aim To investigate whether caring for …

OBJECTIVES: Current methods for estimating the cost of illness inconsistently control for the
effect of comorbid conditions. This analysis examines the implications of controlling for …

A high percentage of health care expenditures are associated with a small proportion of the
population—people with complex health care needs. Most patients in this high-cost group …

Disease management (DM) promises to achieve cost savings by improving the quality of
care for chronic diseases. During the past decade the Permanente Medical Group in …

Persons with multiple chronic conditions are a large and growing segment of the US
population. However, little is known about how chronic conditions cluster, and the …