title: Case management goes global.
abstract: As the global population ages and countries seek to privatize their national health systems, more and more hospitals overseas are turning to case management as a way to get a handle on health care costs. Even in advanced nations like Great Britain, however, the profession remains in a state of infancy. Cost data are often difficult to come by, and until recently, physicians and medical staff have not been held accountable for the quality of services they provide. Clinical pathways are also becoming popular abroad because they can serve as a means of identifying best practices and can help to reduce the fragmentation that has characterized health care overseas.
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D019090:Case Management / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019091:Critical Pathways / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019049:Developed Countries; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom