کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
10476449 929831 2011 14 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Does better disease management in primary care reduce hospital costs? Evidence from English primary care
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی سیاست های بهداشت و سلامت عمومی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Does better disease management in primary care reduce hospital costs? Evidence from English primary care
چکیده انگلیسی
We apply cross-sectional and panel data methods to a database of 5 million patients in 8000 English general practices to examine whether better primary care management of 10 chronic diseases is associated with reduced hospital costs. We find that only primary care performance in stroke care is associated with lower hospital costs. Our results suggest that the 10% improvement in the general practice quality of stroke care between 2004/5 and 2007/8 reduced 2007/8 hospital expenditure by about £130 million in England. The cost savings are due mainly to reductions in emergency admissions and outpatient visits, rather than to lower costs for patients treated in hospital or to reductions in elective admissions.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Health Economics - Volume 30, Issue 5, September 2011, Pages 919-932
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