ArticleBMC health services research2012
What is case management in palliative care? An expert panel study.
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- Organizational determinants of information transfer in palliative care teams: A structural equation modeling approach.PloS one · 2021Article
- Experiences of Dutch general practitioners and district nurses with involving care services and facilities in palliative care: a mixed methods study.BMC health services research · 2018Article
- Analysing the impact of a case management model on the specialised palliative care multi-professional team.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2018Article
- Aspects and Intensity of Pediatric Palliative Case Management Provided by a Hospital-Based Case Management Team: A Comparative Study Between Children With Malignant and Nonmalignant Disease.The American journal of hospice & palliative care · 2018Article
- A prospective study on the characteristics and subjects of pediatric palliative care case management provided by a hospital based palliative care team.BMC palliative care · 2017Article
- Case management in primary palliative care is associated more strongly with organisational than with patient characteristics: results from a cross-sectional prospective study.BMC palliative care · 2015Article
- Application of integrative information system improves the quality and effectiveness of cancer case management.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2015Article
- Effectiveness of nurse case management compared with usual care in cancer patients at a single medical center in Taiwan: a quasi-experimental study.BMC health services research · 2013Article
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Abstract
backgroundCase management is a heterogeneous concept of care that consists of assessment, planning, implementing, coordinating, monitoring, and evaluating the options and services required to meet the client's health and service needs. This paper describes the result of an expert panel procedure to gain insight into the aims and characteristics of case management in palliative care in the Netherlands.
methodsA modified version of the RAND®/University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) appropriateness method was used to formulate and rate a list of aims and characteristics of case management in palliative care. A total of 76 health care professionals, researchers and policy makers were invited to join the expert panel, of which 61% participated in at least one round.
resultsNine out of ten aims of case management were met with agreement. The most important areas of disagreement with regard to characteristics of case management were hands-on nursing care by the case manager, target group of case management, performance of other tasks besides case management and accessibility of the case manager.
conclusionsAlthough aims are agreed upon, case management in palliative care shows a high level of variability in implementation choices. Case management should aim at maintaining continuity of care to ensure that patients and those close to them experience care as personalised, coherent and consistent.
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