Group visits for chronically ill patients reduce repeat hospital admissions and emergency care use, reduce cost of care, deliver certain preventive services more effectively, and increase patient and physician satisfaction.

A mailed questionnaire achieved a high response rate, and the information collected produced an effective model predictive of hospitalization in the short term. Four easily ascertained pieces of information identify those patients older than age 81 at increased risk.

Purpose: Provide credible estimates of the start-up and ongoing effort and incremental practice expenses for the Advancing Care Together (ACT) behavioral health and primary care integration interventions.Methods: Expenditure data were collected from 10 practice intervention sites using an instrument with a standardized general format that could accommodate the unique elements of each intervention.Results