title: Case management: a bottom-line care delivery model. Part 1: The concept.
abstract: Nurse executives have been challenged to "reinvent" hospital-based nursing through alternative care delivery models. These models also help eliminate a major barrier to quality: the lack of understanding and ability to control the care delivery process. The authors discuss a collaborative and multidisciplinary case management model which promises to positively affect the institution's total bottom-line patient, staff, and system, including financial, outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Public Health Services, Tuscon, AZ.
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Olivas
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Del Togno-Armanasco
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Erickson
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Harter
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care