Chronic Care Programs
August 1, 2012 | Report
A broad overview of RWJF’s chronic illness-related programs--their outcomes and their impact on the systems of care for persons with chronic illnesses and disabilities.
Chronic Illness
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Multiple Chronic Conditions and Disabilities
October 1, 2010 | Journal Article
As the population ages and health care improves, more Americans are living with multiple chronic conditions and disabilities. This has significant implications for providing, tracking and evaluating the quality of patient care, according to this essay in Health Services Research in 2020.
JAMA Case Studies in "Clinical Crossroads" Address Chronic Illness's Ethical, Economic, Psychosocial Issues
September 1, 2005 | Program Result
Beginning in May 1994, project staff at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston created "Clinical Crossroads," a monthly series of clinical case studies published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
Risk-Adjustment Approach to Compensating Health Care Plans More Appropriately for Serving Chronically Ill People
January 1, 2003 | Program Result
From 1997 to 2001, researchers at the Institute for Health Policy Studies at the University of California, San Francisco, conducted a two-phase study to test the hypothesis that risk adjustment could be improved by removing patients with high-cost chronic conditions from the general risk pool and assessing their risk by analysis of detailed clinical information.
What Disability and Long-Term-Care Risks Do Retirees Face?
March 21, 2009 | Program Result
Researchers at the Urban Institute used two national surveys to estimate the risk, timing and amount of lifetime disability and long-term care for retirees in the United States.
2007 California Summit Seeks Consensus on State's Health Policy Agenda
April 29, 2008 | Program Result
The Public Health Institute convened the California Health Strategy Summit to address the challenges posed by communicable and chronic diseases in the state.
Minnesota's Senior Health Options Integrates Long-Term and Acute Care
January 14, 2009 | Program Result
Minnesota's Department of Human Services planned, developed and implemented Minnesota Senior Health Options, a managed care program that blends funds from the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
What Factors Influence the Kind of Long-Term Services Patients with Private Insurance Choose Over Time
September 5, 2008 | Program Result
Researchers with the Center for Health and Long-Term Care Research interviewed nearly 1,500 individuals with long-term care insurance policies and followed them for up to two years.
Long-Term-Care Housing and Supportive Services
December 1, 2006 | Program Result
Thomas's RWJF audience included program officer David C. Colby, Ph.D., a member of what was then the foundation's Supportive Services Team. The team's portfolio included long-term care, and Colby was on the lookout for promising new approaches that ...
Improving the Quality of Long-Term Care
December 1, 2006 | Program Result
Thomas's RWJF audience included program officer David C. Colby, Ph.D., a member of what was then the foundation's Supportive Services Team. The team's portfolio included long-term care, and Colby was on the lookout for promising new approaches that ...