Analysis of Healthcare Interventions that Change Patient Trajectories

Download or read book Analysis of Healthcare Interventions that Change Patient Trajectories written by J. H. Bigelow and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2005 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: --Increase the provision of the following preventive services: influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations and screening for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer. --Enroll people with one of four chronic illnesses-asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), congestive heart failure (CHF), or diabetes-in disease management programs. --Persuade people to adopt healthy lifestyles and estimate the health outcomes if everyone did so: controlled their weight, stopped smoking, ate a healthy diet, exercised, and controlled their blood pressure and cholesterol as necessary with medications. We estimated the effects of each intervention on healthcare utilization (e.g., hospital stays, office visits, prescription drug use), healthcare expenditures, and population health outcomes (workdays or schooldays missed, days spent sick in bed, mortality).