Characteristics of case management programs and their potential for patient empowerment

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Different types of case management programs have been increasingly developed for health care systems. This study, therefore, aimed to identify similarities and differences of case management programs, to estimate their shaping with special emphasis on patient empowerment, and to develop an instrument for their differentiation.

METHODS: During an interdisciplinary seminar for students, eight different case management programs were selected and analyzed.

RESULTS: Five characteristics of case management programs were identified: type of case, extent of functions, players involved, limits of availability and need for resources. The programs were categorized into information-, provider-, disease- or patient centred. With these characteristics the selected programs could be exactly described and their potential for patient empowerment could be assessed.

CONCLUSIONS: This newly developed tool for describing case management programs allows for their sufficient differentiation. The potential for patient empowerment apparently is most prominent in patient centred programs.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2008

Erschienen:

2008

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:158

Enthalten in:

Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) - 158(2008), 5-6 vom: 07., Seite 160-8

Sprache:

Deutsch

Weiterer Titel:

Merkmale und Empowerment-Potentiale von Case Management-Programmen

Beteiligte Personen:

Grün, Oskar [VerfasserIn]
Maier, Manfred [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Comparative Study
Evaluation Study
Journal Article
Review

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 03.07.2008

Date Revised 20.10.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s10354-007-0501-z

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM179014560