title: A cost-effectiveness analysis of acute care case management outcomes.
abstract: Case management was more cost effective in a moderately uncertain practice environment than in either a low or a high uncertainty environment. The environmental state, case manager role differentiation, and information coordination contributed most strongly to these outcomes.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Allred
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Arford
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Michel
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dring
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Veitch
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics*; D016294:Models, Nursing; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000191:economics*