There was evidence to suggest that education can improve HRQoL and decrease healthcare costs by reductions in downstream healthcare utilization .
Conclusions : Our review had insufficient power to exclude clinical ly important effects of education on mortality and morbidity .
Background : To assess the effects of patient education on mortality , morbidity , health-related quality of life ( HRQoL ) , and healthcare costs in people with coronary heart disease ( CHD ) .
Impacts of a Disease Management Program for Dually Eligible Beneficiaries
The LifeMasters Supported SelfCare demonstration program provides disease management ( DM ) services to Florida Medicare beneficiaries who are also enrolled in Medicaid and have congestive heart failure ( CHF ) , diabetes , or coronary artery disease ( CAD ) . The population -based program provides primarily telephonic patient education and monitoring services . Findings from the r and omized , intent-to-treat design over the first 18 months of operations show virtually no overall impacts on hospital or emergency room ( ER ) use , Medicare expenditures , quality of care , or prescription drug use for the 33,000 enrollees . However , for beneficiaries with CHF who resided in high-cost South Florida counties , the program reduced Medicare expenditures by 9.6 percent
There was evidence to suggest that education can improve HRQoL and decrease healthcare costs by reductions in downstream healthcare utilization .
Conclusions : Our review had insufficient power to exclude clinical ly important effects of education on mortality and morbidity .
Background : To assess the effects of patient education on mortality , morbidity , health-related quality of life ( HRQoL ) , and healthcare costs in people with coronary heart disease ( CHD ) .