[Care coordination for patients suffering from a chronic disease or cancer].
Care coordination is a superordinate term for terms related to the optimization of care for people suffering from chronic diseases and cancer. In this article, we present Danish terms for "disease management programme" and "case management" among others, and effects are summarized. The central Danish terms explored are "forløbskoordinering", "forløbsprogram", "forløbskoordinator", and "tovholder".
Wulff
Christian
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Forskningsenheden for Almen Praksis, Institut for Folkesundhed, Aarhus Universitet, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. christian.wulff@alm.au.dk
Søndergaard
Jens
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Olesen
Frede
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Vedsted
Peter
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D019090:Case Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D003718:Denmark; D019468:Disease Management; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000458:organization & administration