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- Title
Germany's Disease Management Program: Improving Outcomes in Congestive Heart Failure.
- Authors
Kottmair, Stefan; Frye, Christian; Ziegenhagen, Dieter J.
- Abstract
Hospital admissions among patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) are a major contributor to health care costs. A comprehensive disease management program for CHF was developed for private and statutory health insurance companies in order to improve health outcomes and reduce rehospitalization rates and costs. The program comprises care calls, written training material, telemetric monitoring, and health reports. Currently, 909 members from six insurance companies are enrolled. Routine evaluation, based on medical data warehouse software, demonstrates benefits in terms of improved health outcomes and processes of care. Economical evaluation of claims data indicates significant cost savings in a pre/post study design.
- Subjects
GERMANY; CONGESTIVE heart failure; HOSPITAL admission &; discharge; DISEASE management; MEDICAL care costs
- Publication
Health Care Financing Review, 2005, Vol 27, Issue 1, p79
- ISSN
0195-8631
- Publication type
Article