A health plan's investigation of Healthy Days and chronic conditions.

CONCLUSIONS: This is the first study to use administrative claims to demonstrate a relationship between Healthy Days and chronic conditions, related healthcare quality measures, utilization, and costs. Our findings underscore the validity of using Healthy Days to supplement traditional health measures in assessing health status in this population.
PMID: 29087635 [PubMed - in process]

Source: The American Journal of Managed Care - October 1, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Cordier T, Slabaugh SL, Havens E, Pena J, Haugh G, Gopal V, Renda A, Shah M, Zack M Tags: Am J Manag Care Source Type: research