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Healthy Aging Brain Center improved care coordination and produced net savings
Dustin D French, Michael A LaMantia, Lee R Livin, Dorian Herceg, Catherine A Alder, Malaz A Boustani. Health affairs (Project Hope), 2014-04
Topic: Health services, long-term care and technology
Over the past two decades the collaborative care model within primary care has proved to be effective in improving care quality, efficiency, and outcomes for older adults suffering from dementia and depression. In collaboration with community partners, scientists from Indiana University have implemented this model at the Healthy Aging Brain Center (HABC), a memory care clinic that is part of Eskenazi Health, an integrated safety-net health care system in Indianapolis, Indiana. The HABC generates an annual net cost savings of up to $2,856 per patient, which adds up to millions of dollars for Eskenazi Health's patients. This article demonstrates the financial sustainability of the care processes implemented in the HABC, as well as the possibility that payers and providers could share savings from the use of the HABC model. If it were implemented nationwide, annual cost savings could be in the billions of dollars.
Key findings
- Over the past two decades the collaborative care model within primary care has proved to be effective in improving care quality, efficiency, and outcomes for older adults suffering from dementia and depression.
- In collaboration with community partners, scientists from Indiana University have implemented this model at the Healthy Aging Brain Center (HABC), a memory care clinic that is part of Eskenazi Health, an integrated safety-net health care system in Indianapolis, Indiana.
- The HABC generates an annual net cost savings of up to $2,856 per patient, which adds up to millions of dollars for Eskenazi Health's patients.
- This article demonstrates the financial sustainability of the care processes implemented in the HABC, as well as the possibility that payers and providers could share savings from the use of the HABC model.
- If it were implemented nationwide, annual cost savings could be in the billions of dollars.
Study details
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 38/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on journal's citation record, times cited, citations per year, impact for its field and year, cited by studies here, still being cited, senior author's track record, institution's track record, multi-centre collaboration and free to read, so those were left out: it earned 21 of the 56 points we could judge it on, which is 38 out of 100.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Health affairs (Project Hope)) |
| Journal's citation record | — / 4 | No journal record from OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 1 / 5 | 2014 — within 20 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 0 / 3 | Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | — / 7 | No citation count (not found in OpenAlex) — left out of this score |
| Citations per year | — / 5 | No citation count or no year — left out of this score |
| Impact for its field and year | — / 6 | No field-weighted citation impact (OpenAlex has none yet) — left out of this score |
| Cited by studies here | — / 6 | Not yet checked against this library's citation graph — left out of this score |
| Still being cited | — / 4 | No yearly citation counts — left out of this score |
| Senior author's track record | — / 4 | Senior author's record not available — left out of this score |
| Institution's track record | — / 3 | No institution listed in OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Multi-centre collaboration | — / 3 | Institutions not listed — left out of this score |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 24711322) |
| Free to read | — / 2 | Access not recorded — left out of this score |
| Points | 21 / 56 | Scored on 10 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 21 of the 56 points we could judge it on is 38 out of 100. |
| Total | 38 / 100 | — |
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APA 7th
French, D. D., LaMantia, M. A., Livin, L. R., Herceg, D., Alder, C. A., & Boustani, M. A. (2014). Healthy Aging Brain Center improved care coordination and produced net savings. Health affairs (Project Hope). https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2013.1221
Vancouver
French DD, LaMantia MA, Livin LR, Herceg D, Alder CA, Boustani MA. Healthy Aging Brain Center improved care coordination and produced net savings. Health affairs (Project Hope). 2014. doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2013.1221. PMID: 24711322.
BibTeX
@article{french2014-24711322,
author = {French, Dustin D and LaMantia, Michael A and Livin, Lee R and Herceg, Dorian and Alder, Catherine A and Boustani, Malaz A},
title = {{Healthy Aging Brain Center improved care coordination and produced net savings}},
journal = {Health affairs (Project Hope)},
year = {2014},
doi = {10.1377/hlthaff.2013.1221},
pmid = {24711322},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2013.1221}
}
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