Reducing acute care hospitalization and emergent care use through home health disease management: one agency's success story.
Peterson-Sgro
Kathleen
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Alterna-Care Home Health, Springfield, Illinois 62701, USA. kathysgro@alterna-care.com
D000208:Acute Disease; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D019091:Critical Pathways / Q000458:organization & administration; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000451:nursing; D019468:Disease Management; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000451:nursing; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007087:Illinois; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000458:organization & administration; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009743:Nursing, Practical / Q000458:organization & administration; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000458:organization & administration; D010359:Patient Readmission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019555:Physician-Nurse Relations; D015397:Program Evaluation; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000458:organization & administration