Does an all-condition case management program for high-risk patients reduce health care utilization in medicaid and medicare beneficiaries with diabetes?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess whether an all-condition case management program can improve health care utilization and clinical outcomes in patients with diabetes.

Research design and methods

1342 patients with diabetes were enrolled in the Johns Hopkins Community Health Partnership (J-CHiP) Case Management program for high-risk patients with any chronic disease. We categorized participants into two intervention exposure categories based on the number of contacts with case manager (CM) and community health worker (CHW) per month: low contact (≤1 contact/month), and high contact (>1 contacts/month). The primary outcomes were rates of emergency department (ED) visits, hospitalizations, and 30-day hospital readmissions.

Results

In analyses adjusted for age, sex, race, risk score,

SUBMITTER: Bui LP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9078057 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature