Title |
Identifying patients suitable for palliative care - a descriptive analysis of enquiries using a Case Management Process Model approach
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Published in |
BMC Research Notes, November 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1756-0500-5-611 |
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Authors |
Ulrike Kuhn, Anne Düsterdiek, Maren Galushko, Christina Dose, Thomas Montag, Christoph Ostgathe, Raymond Voltz |
Abstract |
In Germany, case management in a palliative care unit was first implemented in 2005 at the Department of Palliative Medicine at the University Hospital Cologne. One of the purposes of this case management is to deal with enquiries from patients and their relatives as well as medical professionals. Using the Case Management Process Model of the Case Management Society of America as a reference, this study analysed (a) how this case management was used by different enquiring groups and (b) how patients were identified for case management and for palliative care services. The first thousand enquiries were analysed considering patient variables, properties of the enquiring persons and the content of the consultations. |
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