Disease management programs: barriers and benefits.

Conclusions: The benefits of DMPs were patient oriented; barriers were perceived as financial and limiting professional autonomy. Information regarding long-term benefits (better patient outcomes) that ultimately provide better value for the system versus short-term barriers (increased costs and expenditures of time without compensation) might encourage the implementation of DMPs in countries faced with a growing population of patients with at least 1 chronic illness. PMID: 23725452 [PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23725452?dopt=Abstract

Source: The American Journal of Managed Care - June 5, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: Magnezi R, Kaufman G, Ziv A, Kalter-Leibovici O, Reuveni H Tags: Am J Manag Care Source Type: research