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 ) .
Can A Disease Self-Management Program Reduce Health Care Costs?: The Case of Older Women With Heart Disease
Background . There is increasing interest in the potential for chronic disease self-management interventions to provide health benefits while reducing health care costs . Objectives . To assess the impact of a heart disease management program on use of hospital services ; to estimate associated hospital cost savings ; and to compare potential cost savings with the cost of delivering the program . Research Design . R and omized , controlled study design . Data were collected from hospital billing records during a 36 month period . Multivariate models were used to compare health care use with cost between treatment and control groups . Estimated differences were then compared with the program costs to determine cost-effectiveness . Subjects . Participants were recruited from 6 hospital sites . Screening criteria included : female , 60 years or older , diagnosed cardiac disease , and seen by a physician approximately every 6 months . The study included 233 women in the intervention group and 219 in the control group . The “ Women Take PRIDE ” program utilizes a self-regulation process for addressing a problematic area of the heart regimen recommended by each woman ’s physician . It is tailored to the unique needs of older women . Measures . Hospital admissions , in-patient days , emergency department visits . Results . Program participants experienced 46 % fewer in-patient days ( P < 0.05 ) and 49 % lower in-patient costs ( P < 0.10 ) than women in the control group . No significant differences in emergency department utilization were found . Hospital cost savings exceeded program costs by a ratio of nearly 5-to-1 . Conclusions . A heart disease self-management program can reduce health care utilization and potentially yield monetary benefits to a health plan
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 ) .