Case management: evolution of the concept in the 80's and 90's

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Santina Nunes Alves Casarin¹  Tereza Cristina Scatena Villa¹  Roxana Isabel Cardozo Gonzáles¹  Maria Celia De Freitas¹  Maria Helena Larcher Caliri¹  Cinthia Midori Sassaki¹ 

[1] ,University of São Paulo College of Nursing Ribeirão Preto

关键词: case management;    nursing care;    managed care program;    gerencia de caso;    gerencia de caso de enfermería;    cuidado gerencial;    serviços de gerenciamento da prática;    cuidados de enfermagem;    administração dos cuidados ao paciente;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0104-11692002000400002

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Case Management is a term that is present in almost every American health care situation. It is mostly used to coordinate community services with satisfactory results for the patient within a certain period of time, with limited resources. Through time, it has been used for different purposes. The goal of this study was to show the historical evolution of case management as expressed by the American nursing literature, in the 80's and 90's, according to its use, meaning, and application, and following a theoretical framework for concept analysis. The data was extracted from two journals: "Nursing Management" and "Journal of Nursing Administration". The publications showed case management portrayed as a process that serves a common goal; where quality and cost of care were the prevalent and influential elements along time, and its practice focusing in a given population defined as of high risk and high cost for health care.

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