Case management: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes
Cochrane Database of Systematic ReviewsPublished 16 February 2018
Merrick Zwarenstein, Scott Reeves, Sharon E. Straus, Patricia Pinfold, Joanne Goldman
Citations62
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score1.62
SNIP2.04
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This review will review rigorous intervention studies which address the following question: Does case management affect the acceptability of patients, and the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of care, ie are patients assigned to case management healthier, more satisfied, better or more quickly cared for, or cared for at lower cost than those not assigned toCase management.
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This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows:
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MedicineHealth ProfessionsBusiness, Management and Accounting
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