discusses implications for the development of disease management programmes. Implementation of disease management programmes …

Successful disease management programmes embrace continuous quality improvement (CQI) to assure adherence to best … disease management programmes with the ability to adapt to changes in medical knowledge and changes in the clinical status of …

wide variety of programmes. We evaluate the effects of these programmes on the individual employment probability of … and social security records. We apply a matching estimator adapted for the case of multiple programmes. We find … large negative effects for traditional employment programmes operated in sheltered labour markets. For training courses the …

have a unique opportunity to establish cost-effective lipid management programmes. Lipid clinics involve more than drug …

programmes will anticipate and concentrate on the tiny fraction of members who generate a large portion of costs. In the future …

Asthma disease management (DM) programmes often focus on patients who are considered to be high resource users, such as … persistent asthma. These programmes often focus on a few patients who have acute needs, but may not identify the populations with …

The effectiveness of disease management programmes hinges on a combination of factors, all of which are important to … consider when selecting a programme for implementation. This article provides a brief overview of disease management programmes … managers who are responsible for making decisions about such programmes. These decision factors are: 1. defining and …