Hospital-based case management: results from a demonstration.
The Flinn Foundation Hospital-based Coordinated Care case management demonstration was designed to help patients discharged from six participating hospitals be linked to community services by a case manager. One unexpected result was that about half of the clients served were referred from the community, not from the hospital. We examine the characteristics of hospital-based case management clients, the predictors of their continuation in case management, and their health status over 1 year, focusing on the differences between hospital- and community-referred clients.
Warrick
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Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson 85724.
Netting
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Christianson
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Williams
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001130:Arizona; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006760:Hospitalization; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009516:New Mexico; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012017:Referral and Consultation