Return On Investment

Community Health Worker Cost Effectiveness Studies:

• The Effectiveness of a Community Health Worker Outreach Program on Healthcare Utilization of West Baltimore City Medicaid Patients with Diabetes, with or without Hypertension: shows that a CHW intervention program resulted in average savings of $2,245 per patient, and a total savings of $262,080 for 117 patients, along with improved quality of life. See the abstract at: Click Here for Abstract
• Measuring Return on Investment of Outreach by Community Health Workers: a Denver Health study of 590 men in a CHW case management intervention shows increased use of primary and specialty care, and reduced use of urgent care, inpatient and outpatient behavioral health care use. The return on investment (program costs vs. overall reduced costs of care) was 2.28:1. Abstract at: Click Here for Abstract
• A Community-Based Asthma Management Program: Effects on Resource Utilization and Quality of Life: a CHW asthma intervention in Hawaii shows a decline in emergency room visits and increased quality of life. In one phase of the study, asthma-related per capita charges decreased from $735 to $181. Abstract at: Click Here for Abstract

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