With the goal of improving health care quality and affordability, this report examines the organization, strategies, and potential for success of regional efforts to improve health care for local populations.

Highlighting key trends and statistics ranging from spending to utilization, this report provides important information and perspective on chronic disease care in California and the United States.

The culture, structure, and financial incentives of most medical practices limit providers' ability to best treat chronically ill patients. This research explores approaches that avoid the shortfalls of two prototypical strategies.

This report compares chronic disease management systems and electronic medical records to judge their effectiveness in improving outcomes for patients with chronic illness, and reducing costs of care.

The high cost of prescription drugs can be a severe hardship for people with chronic illnesses. This report examines what providers can do to help patients stick with their medications.

This report profiles eight community pharmacies that developed successful diabetes management programs to meet the diverse needs of patients in their communities.

This presentation provides an overview of disease management (DM) and reviews other states' experiences with DM in Medicaid fee for service, including the role of community clinics, case studies, and lessons learned.

This report is a concise review of the findings and forecasts from an expert workshop on the contribution of IT strategies to chronic disease care in three practice settings: solo and small group practices, large group practices, and community clinics.

A comparison of pharmacy claims data and health plan benefits found that when copayments were doubled, significant reductions in the use of medications in eight common therapeutic drug classes resulted.

This report examines the delivery of chronic care in California's health care safety net, focusing on county health systems and community clinics and programs targeting asthma in children, congestive heart failure, diabetes, and hypertension.

This is a collaborative, stepped-care disease management program for late-life depression based in primary care settings utilizing a depression clinical specialist.

This Families USA report compares health care received by insured and uninsured nonelderly people. Some of the variables tracked include number of visits, likelihood of having a usual source of care, use of medication, and use of screening and preventive services.