title: [Case management: a new focus on health care].
abstract: The study is a literature review and has the goal to present a new modality of health care delivery called case management. Authors emphasize essential aspects related to this modality of care: care methodology, history, goals, practice areas. It is considered the use of case management in the Brazilian reality.
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo. roxana@eerp.usp.br
authors.forename: Roxana Isabel Cardozo
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Gonzales
authors.forename: Santina Nunes Alves
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Casarin
authors.forename: Maria Helena Larcher
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Caliri
authors.forename: Cinthia Midori
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Sassaki
authors.forename: Aline Aparecida
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Monroe
authors.forename: Tereza Cristina Scatena
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Villa
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D019090:Case Management; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans