Case management of the kidney transplant recipient.
Cost and quality outcome measures were evaluated after the first 2 years following initiation of the case management model of care for kidney transplant recipients. Guided by implementation of a clinical pathway, average total length of stay decreased from 12.7 to 9.2 days over a 2-year period. Average total charges increased by 4%, due to a market adjustment in the standard acquisition fee charged to process the donor organ. Compliance, measured by a self-report tool, revealed perceived difficulty in 2 of 9 domains surveyed: diet and exercise.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000191:economics / Q000451:nursing*; D008297:Male; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D008875:Middle Aged; D009720:Nurse Clinicians; D009737:Nursing Records; D010347:Patient Care Planning