title: Life care plans as a managed care tool.
abstract: Life care plans, standardized catastrophic plan-of-care formats, have been successfully used for case management purposes for more than 10 years. Standardizing the format and procedures provides an easy-to-understand road map of care to professionals, family, and insurance companies. This article reviews the history of this plan-of-care format and offers a checklist to be covered by the catastrophic care provider.
authors.affiliation: Georgia State University, Atlanta.
authors.forename: R O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Weed
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D002388:Catastrophic Illness; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D004282:Documentation; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000592:standards*; D011788:Quality of Life; D014481:United States