Accounting for Health Risk and Disease Prevalence
Population Health Management requires providers and program managers to maintain a delicate balance between taking a longer-term view of a target population (patient) experience and outcomes versus a short-term focus on individuals participating in a health management program and their near-term cost, utilization and outcomes. It is often difficult to see the forest for the trees, when too much of the analytic focus is centered around short-term experience, particularly when measured by cost and utilization results.