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Impact of a managed-Medicare physical activity benefit on health care utilization and costs in older adults with diabetes.

Nguyen HQ, Ackermann RT, Berke EM, Cheadle A, Williams B, Lin E, Maciejewski ML, LoGerfo JP.

Diabetes Care. 2007 Jan;30(1):43-8.PMID: 17192331 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Managed-Medicare health club benefit and reduced health care costs among older adults.

Nguyen HQ, Ackermann RT, Maciejewski M, Berke E, Patrick M, Williams B, LoGerfo JP.

Prev Chronic Dis. 2008 Jan;5(1):A14. Epub 2007 Dec 15.PMID: 18082003 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Healthcare cost differences with participation in a community-based group physical activity benefit for medicare managed care health plan members.

Ackermann RT, Williams B, Nguyen HQ, Berke EM, Maciejewski ML, LoGerfo JP.

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008 Aug;56(8):1459-65. Epub 2008 Jul 15.PMID: 18637982 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Health care use and costs associated with use of a health club membership benefit in older adults with diabetes.

Nguyen HQ, Maciejewski ML, Gao S, Lin E, Williams B, Logerfo JP.

Diabetes Care. 2008 Aug;31(8):1562-7. Epub 2008 May 5.PMID: 18458143 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Community exercise program use and changes in healthcare costs for older adults.

Ackermann RT, Cheadle A, Sandhu N, Madsen L, Wagner EH, LoGerfo JP.

Am J Prev Med. 2003 Oct;25(3):232-7.PMID: 14507530 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Total and component health care costs in a non-Medicare HMO population of patients with and without type 2 diabetes and with and without macrovascular disease.

Gandra SR, Lawrence LW, Parasuraman BM, Darin RM, Sherman JJ, Wall JL.

J Manag Care Pharm. 2006 Sep;12(7):546-54.PMID: 16981800 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Economic burden in direct costs of concomitant chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma in a Medicare Advantage population.

Blanchette CM, Gutierrez B, Ory C, Chang E, Akazawa M.

J Manag Care Pharm. 2008 Mar;14(2):176-85.PMID: 18331119 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Does diabetes disease management save money and improve outcomes? A report of simultaneous short-term savings and quality improvement associated with a health maintenance organization-sponsored disease management program among patients fulfilling health employer data and information set criteria.

Sidorov J, Shull R, Tomcavage J, Girolami S, Lawton N, Harris R.

Diabetes Care. 2002 Apr;25(4):684-9.PMID: 11919125 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Disease-related and all-cause health care costs of elderly patients with gout.

Wu EQ, Patel PA, Yu AP, Mody RR, Cahill KE, Tang J, Krishnan E.

J Manag Care Pharm. 2008 Mar;14(2):164-75.PMID: 18331118 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Predictors of medication adherence and associated health care costs in an older population with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a longitudinal cohort study.

Balkrishnan R, Rajagopalan R, Camacho FT, Huston SA, Murray FT, Anderson RT.

Clin Ther. 2003 Nov;25(11):2958-71.PMID: 14693318 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Medication adherence and health care costs with the introduction of latanoprost therapy for glaucoma in a Medicare managed care population.

Bhosle MJ, Reardon G, Camacho FT, Anderson RT, Balkrishnan R.

Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2007 Jun;5(2):100-11.PMID: 17719512 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effect of improved glycemic control on health care costs and utilization.

Wagner EH, Sandhu N, Newton KM, McCulloch DK, Ramsey SD, Grothaus LC.

JAMA. 2001 Jan 10;285(2):182-9.PMID: 11176811 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Depression and use of a health plan-sponsored physical activity program by older adults.

Nguyen HQ, Koepsell T, Unützer J, Larson E, LoGerfo JP.

Am J Prev Med. 2008 Aug;35(2):111-7. Epub 2008 Jun 11.PMID: 18547781 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Administrative claims analysis of utilization and costs of care in health plan members with atopic dermatitis who had prior use of a topical corticosteroid and who initiate therapy with pimecrolimus or tacrolimus.

Delea TE, Gokhale M, Makin C, Hussein MA, Vanderpoel J, Sandman T, Chang J, Sung J, Pinkston P, Gause D, Jackson M.

J Manag Care Pharm. 2007 May;13(4):349-59.PMID: 17506601 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Administrative claims analysis of all-cause annual costs of care and resource utilization by age category for ulcerative colitis patients.

Bickston SJ, Waters HC, Dabbous O, Tang BI, Rahman M.

J Manag Care Pharm. 2008 May;14(4):352-62.PMID: 18500913 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Enrollment duration, service use, and costs of care for severely mentally ill members of a health maintenance organization.

McFarland BH, Johnson RE, Hornbrook MC.

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1996 Oct;53(10):938-44.PMID: 8857871 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Impact of donepezil use in routine clinical practice on health care costs in patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias enrolled in a large medicare managed care plan: a case-control study.

Lu S, Hill J, Fillit H.

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Comparison of cholinesterase inhibitor utilization patterns and associated health care costs in Alzheimer's disease.

Mucha L, Shaohung S, Cuffel B, McRae T, Mark TL, Del Valle M.

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Patterns of expenditures and use of services among older adults with diabetes. Implications for the transition to capitated managed care.

Krop JS, Powe NR, Weller WE, Shaffer TJ, Saudek CD, Anderson GF.

Diabetes Care. 1998 May;21(5):747-52.PMID: 9589235 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Relationship of glycemic control to total diabetes-related costs for managed care health plan members with type 2 diabetes.

Shetty S, Secnik K, Oglesby AK.

J Manag Care Pharm. 2005 Sep;11(7):559-64.PMID: 16137213 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article