Aging with GRACE: New health care delivery model improves outcomes, saves money
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 10:42
in Health & Medicine
A team approach to preventive healthcare delivery for older adults developed by researchers from Indiana University and the Regenstrief Institute improves health and quality of life, decreased emergency department visits and lowered hospital admission rates. By the second year the new model saved money for the sickest (those with three to four chronic diseases), and in the third year, a year after the home-based intervention ended, it saved even more.