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 ) .
15-Site Randomized Trial of Coordinated Care in Medicare FFS
Medicare beneficiaries in fee-for-service ( FFS ) who had chronic illnesses and volunteered to participate in 15 care coordination programs were r and omized to treatment or control status .  Nurses provided patient education ( mostly by telephone ) to improve adherence and ability to communicate with physicians . Patients were contacted an average of two times per month . The findings after 2 years are not encouraging . Few programs improved patient behaviors , health , or quality of care . The treatment group had significantly fewer hospitalizations in only one program ; no program reduced gross or net expenditures . However , effects may be observed when 4 years of followup are available and sample sizes increase
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 ) .