Potential Cost-Savings and Quality Improvement in Travel Advice for Children and Families from a Centralized Travel Medicine Clinic in a Large Group-Model Health Maintenance Organization | Zendy

Howard Backer | Zendy; Sheila M. Mackell | Zendy

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Potential Cost-Savings and Quality Improvement in Travel Advice for Children and Families from a Centralized Travel Medicine Clinic in a Large Group-Model Health Maintenance Organization

Author(s) -

Howard Backer,

Sheila M. Mackell

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

journal of travel medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.985

H-Index - 59

eISSN - 1708-8305

pISSN - 1195-1982

DOI - 10.2310/7060.2001.24024

Subject(s) - medicine , quality (philosophy) , quality management , health maintenance , family medicine , operations management , health care , philosophy , epistemology , economics , economic growth , management system

Cost, as well as accuracy and quality of medical care, is an important factor from the perspective of the health care payer. We evaluated the potential pharmacy cost savings, appropriateness of recommendations, and patient satisfaction associated with a proposed centralized travel medicine service in a large group-model health maintenance organization (HMO).

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