Vrijhoef, H.J.M.

management study patient health quality disease care management intervention review program component follow-up heart failure group outcome system effect journal care groups heterogeneity effectiveness hospital hospitalization payment education disease management signi nurse research heart failure result number trial month netherland visit length service emergency department visits support table country insurer ficant meta-regression payment system self-management programmes mortality analysis model design patient education randomized care management interventions paper medicine cis dsd usa n ccm components difference measure practice department population meta-analysi analyses study quality telephone control evaluation care group signi ficant improvements provider institute programme percent outpatient process