Nursing implications of the Department of Defense Coordinated Care Program.
As the Department of Defense implements the Coordinated Care Program (CCP), it is essential to examine the implications of such a change for nursing. The nursing aspects of a CCP must be designed with consideration of nursing's contribution to patient care and hence the relationship of nursing to quality, access, and cost containment goals. In this paper, following an overview of the CCP, three major nursing implications of the CCP are identified and addressed. These are: (a) the cost of nursing, (b) the structure of nursing, and (c) the role of nurses.
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Clinical Policy Division, United States Army Health Professionals Support Agency, Falls Church, VA 22041.
D000553:Ambulatory Care; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D008888:Military Nursing / Q000191:economics; D009720:Nurse Clinicians; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital; D014481:United States