Caring for high-need, high-cost patients: what makes for a successful care management program?

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Published in Issue Brief (Commonw Fund) on August 01, 2014

Authors

Clemens S Hong1, Allison L Siegel, Timothy G Ferris

Author Affiliations

1: General Medicine Division, Massachusetts General Hospital

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