Is a strategy focused on super-utilizers equal to the task of health care system transformation? No

Warren Polk Newton; Ann Lefebvre

doi:10.1370/afm.1747

Is a strategy focused on super-utilizers equal to the task of health care system transformation? No

Ann Fam Med. 2015 Jan-Feb;13(1):8-9. doi: 10.1370/afm.1747.

Authors

Warren Polk Newton¹, Ann Lefebvre²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina North Carolina Area Health Education Centers, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Warren_Newton@med.unc.edu.
² Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina North Carolina Area Health Education Centers, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

No abstract available

Keywords: PCMH; care coordination; delivery of healthcare; efficiency/organization; family medicine; health expenditures; health services; patient-centered medical home; resource allocation; social determinants of health; super-utilizer; utilization.

MeSH terms

Delivery of Health Care / economics
Family Practice / economics
Family Practice / methods*
Health Expenditures*
Health Services / economics
Health Services / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Patient-Centered Care / economics
Patient-Centered Care / methods*