Clinical nurse case management: a service line approach.
Quality improvement and cost-effective outcomes are achieved through an alliance with clinical or "internal" and community care management. Quality and cost outcomes during the acute-care phase for 25 elective case managed patients were compared against a control group of 25 non-case managed patients. Results reveal improved preoperative resource utilization and patient education.
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D001130:Arizona; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D003363:Cost Control; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000191:economics; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care