Follow the money--controlling expenditures by improving care for patients needing costly services

N Engl J Med. 2009 Oct 15;361(16):1521-3. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp0907185. Epub 2009 Sep 30.

Authors

Thomas Bodenheimer¹, Rachel Berry-Millett

Affiliation

¹ Center for Excellence in Primary Care, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, USA.

PMID: 19797277
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp0907185

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Chronic Disease / economics*
Cost Control / methods*
Cost Savings / methods
Health Expenditures / trends*
Humans
Medicare / economics
Patient Care Management / economics
Patient Care Management / organization & administration*
United States