Health Care

Case Management

A traditional term for all the activities which a physician or other health care professional normally performs to insure the coordination of the medical services required by a patient. It also, when used in connection with managed care, covers all the activities of evaluating the patient, planning treatment, referral, and follow-up so that care is continuous and comprehensive and payment for the care is obtained. (From Slee & Slee, Health Care Terms, 2nd ed)

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A traditional term for all the activities which a physician or other health care professional normally performs to insure the coordination of the medical services required by a patient. It also, when used in connection with managed care, covers all the activities of evaluating the patient, planning treatment, referral, and follow-up so that care is continuous and comprehensive and payment for the care is obtained. (From Slee & Slee, Health Care Terms, 2nd ed)

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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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all health professionals' activities to insure coord of services for the patient

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  • Managed Care Programs (1988-1995)
  • Patient Care Planning (1980-1995)

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  1. N04w.590.233.624.250w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Case Management. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019090. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019090
  2. Case Management. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_management_(US_healthcare_system)
  3. Case Management. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q366193