Case management. A means to improve quality and control the costs of cure in children with acute myelogenous leukemia.
Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) is a costly disease to treat, as patients experience many hospital stays secondary to chemotherapy, the side effects of treatment, and bone marrow transplantation. The trend for some medical centers has been to reduce costs and increase quality through case management. The case manager uses critical pathways and one-on-one interaction to facilitate the patients' progress through the hospital system and to decrease delays and duplication.


CONCLUSIONS
Case management and critical pathways could become an indispensable tool for the management of pediatric patients with cancer.
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Department of Nursing, University of California-Los Angeles Medical Center 90024, USA.
D000293:Adolescent; D002140:California; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis / Q000639:trends; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000191:economics* / Q000628:therapy; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States