Table 5: Studies and Outcomes by Chronic Disease Group.
| Author, Year | Primary Outcomes of Interest | Process of Care Indicator |
Measures of Efficiency | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Services Utilization | Disease-Specific Clinical Outcomes | |||||||||||
| Hospitalizations | Length of Stay | ED Visits | Readmissions | HbA1c | BP | Cholesterol | Triglycerides | Othera | Achievement of Clinical Guidelines | |||
| Diabetes | ||||||||||||
| Branger et al, 1999 (32) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
| Cebul et al, 2011 (38) | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Crosson et al, 2012 (39) | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Herrin et al, 2012 (40) | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Khan et al, 2010 (35) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
| Montori et al, 2002 (37) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Wells et al, 1996 (42) | ✓ | |||||||||||
| CAD | ||||||||||||
| Lester et al, 2005 (33) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
| Heart Failure | ||||||||||||
| Walsh et al, 2012 (41) | ✓ | |||||||||||
| Multiple Chronic Conditions | ||||||||||||
| Graumlich et al, 2009 (34) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Henderson, et al 2010 (36) | ✓ | |||||||||||
Abbreviations: BP, blood pressure; CAD, coronary artery disease; ED, emergency department; HbA1c, hemoglobin A1c; PCP, primary care physician.
a
Includes PCP visits and adverse events.