Modeling the costs of case management in long-term care.

From: Health Care Financing Review | Date: September 22, 1991| Author: Davidson, Gestur B.; Penrod, Joan Dobrof; Kane, Rosalie A.; Moscovice, Ira S.; Rich, Eugene C. | Copyright information

Introduction

Case management has become a popular and prevalent way to organize and allocate health and social services in the United States and has particularly been emphasized in long-term care (Austin, 1988; Austin et al., 1985; Austin and O'Conner, 1989; Kane, 1988). It has been a feature of many demonstration projects in long-term care for the elderly and disabled. Legislative proposals at the Federal and State level almost invariably incorporate case managemen...

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