title: Case management: evolution of the concept in the 80's and 90's.
abstract: Case Management is a term that is present in almost every American health care situation. It is mostly used to coordinate community services with satisfactory results for the patient within a certain period of time, with limited resources. Through time, it has been used for different purposes. The goal of this study was to show the historical evolution of case management as expressed by the American nursing literature, in the 80's and 90's, according to its use, meaning, and application, and following a theoretical framework for concept analysis. The data was extracted from two journals: "Nursing Management" and "Journal of Nursing Administration". The publications showed case management portrayed as a process that serves a common goal; where quality and cost of care were the prevalent and influential elements along time, and its practice focusing in a given population defined as of high risk and high cost for health care.
authors.affiliation: University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing-WHO Collaborating Center for Nursing Research Development, Brazil.
authors.forename: Santina Nunes Alves
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Casarin
authors.forename: Tereza Cristina Scatena
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Villa
authors.forename: Roxana Isabel Cardozo
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Gonzáles
authors.forename: Maria Celia
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: de Freitas
authors.forename: Maria Helena Larcher
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Caliri
authors.forename: Cinthia Midori
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Sassaki
mesh_terms: D019090:Case Management / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D009729:Nursing; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014481:United States