title: Nursing and self-care theory applied to utilization review: concepts and cases.
abstract: The following article demonstrates how Dorothea Orem's Self-Care Theory of Nursing serves as a theoretical framework for the hospital-based utilization review process. Orem's theory is a popular and practical one which dovetails beautifully with the goals of any department of utilization management.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Harrison-Raines
mesh_terms: D003211:Concurrent Review; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009732:Nursing Care; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012648:Self Care