title: Caring for the home ventilator-dependent patient: a case management model.
abstract: As home care services become more specialized, nurses can meet the complex needs of ventilator-dependent patients in the comfort and privacy of their own homes. The case management model can help providers deliver cost-effective, high-quality home care to these vulnerable patients.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Alabama, Huntsville, USA.
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Rozell
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Newman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cholevinski
mesh_terms: D019090:Case Management; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D014481:United States