Figure 27. Improving Care Coordination andReducing Cost
• Importance of improving
transitions in care, doctor to
doctor, and post-hospital
• Follow-up care following hospital
discharge could reduce
rehospitalization
• High cost care management could
reduce errors and lower costs
• Will require restructuring Medicare
benefits and incentives
Dollars
$9,618
$6,152
$8,809
$4,977
$1,175$809$0
$2,000
$4,000
$6,000
$8,000
$10,000
$12,000
Control Intervention
V is its Inpatient Care
Source: M.D. Naylor, Making the Bridge from Hospital to Home, The Commonwealth Fund, Fall 2003.
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