Using telephone support to manage chronic disease
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Contributor(s):
- Piette, John D. California HealthCare Foundation
- Publication:
- Oakland, Calif. : California HealthCare Foundation, c2005
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Chronic Disease Patient Care Management -- methods Telephone Communication Cost-Benefit Analysis Counseling Patient Education as Topic Process Assessment (Health Care) Program Evaluation Social Support Telephone -- statistics & numerical data Humans United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- This report is intended to inform clinicians and health care managers about telephone care services and programs for patients with chronic illnesses. Specifically, the report addresses: (1) How telephone care services can contribute to improved patient care; (2) Characteristics of effective programs; (3) Patients most likely to benefit from telephone care; (4) Integrating telephone care services into systems of care; and (5) How to evaluate programs and identify areas for improvement.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 31 leaves.
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101309876 (See catalog record)
- ISBN:
- 1932064869
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101309876