Case management, client risk factors and service use

Health Care Financ Rev. 1997 Fall;19(1):105-20.

Abstract

Six "pure" types of case-manager activity are identified using chart data from 922 cases in the Medicare Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration. The association between case-manager actions and client characteristics, and between case-manager activities and service use outcomes is used to test predictive validity. Case-manager activity is generally more associated with caregiver than client characteristics. Monitoring and service management was protective against nursing home placement. A clinical nursing emphasis was protective against hospitalization. Understanding how case management is differentiated may improve staffing, treatment protocol, and client service outcomes.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Alzheimer Disease / economics*
  • Case Management / organization & administration*
  • Continuity of Patient Care
  • Female
  • Health Resources / statistics & numerical data
  • Health Services Research
  • Home Care Services / organization & administration*
  • Home Care Services / statistics & numerical data
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Medicare / economics
  • Medicare / organization & administration*
  • Models, Organizational
  • Pilot Projects
  • United States