ArticleInternational journal of integrated care2017
Case Management for Patients with Complex Multimorbidity: Development and Validation of a Coordinated Intervention between Primary and Hospital Care.
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- Integrating Case Management in Cystic Fibrosis Units: A Key to Enhancing Patient-Centered Care.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Evaluation of patients´ perspective on a multimorbidity patient-centered care model piloted in the chilean public health system.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Economic evaluation of a multimorbidity patient centered care model implemented in the Chilean public health system.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Application of the time-driven activity-based costing methodology to a complex patient case management program in Portugal.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Patients', relatives' and nurses' experiences of palliative care on an advanced care ward in a nursing home setting in Norway.Nursing open · 2023Article
- Multimorbidity and Complex Multimorbidity in India: Findings from the 2017-2018 Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Community-Based Advanced Case Management for Patients with Complex Multimorbidity and High Medical Dependence: A Longitudinal Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Normalizing Telemonitoring in Nurse-Led Care Models for Complex Chronic Patient Populations: Case Study.JMIR nursing · 2022Article
- Evaluation of a patient-centered integrated care program for individuals with frequent hospital readmissions and multimorbidity.Internal and emergency medicine · 2022Article
- Characteristics and Service Utilization by Complex Chronic and Advanced Chronic Patients in Catalonia: A Retrospective Seven-Year Cohort-Based Study of an Implemented Chronic Care Program.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Super fragmented: a nationally representative cross-sectional study exploring the fragmentation of inpatient care among super-utilizers.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- Predictors of Frequent Emergency Department Utilization for Mental Health Reasons.The journal of behavioral health services & research · 2021Article
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- Results of Nurse Case Management in Primary Heath Care: Bibliographic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Review
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Abstract
In the past few years, healthcare systems have been facing a growing demand related to the high prevalence of chronic diseases. Case management programs have emerged as an integrated care approach for the management of chronic disease. Nevertheless, there is little scientific evidence on the impact of using a case management program for patients with complex multimorbidity regarding hospital resource utilisation. We evaluated an integrated case management intervention set up by community-based care at outpatient clinics with nurse case managers from a telemedicine unit. The hypothesis to be tested was whether improved continuity of care resulting from the integration of community-based and hospital services reduced the use of hospital resources amongst patients with complex multimorbidity. A retrospective cohort study was performed using a sample of 714 adult patients admitted to the program between January 2012 and January 2015. We found a significant decrease in the number of emergency room visits, unplanned hospitalizations, and length of stay, and an expected increase in the home care hospital-based episodes. These results support the hypothesis that case management interventions can reduce the use of unplanned hospital admissions when applied to patients with complex multimorbidity.
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