Disease management
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In health care, disease management is "a broad approach to appropriate coordination of the entire disease treatment process that often involves shifting away from more expensive inpatient and acute care to areas such as preventive medicine, patient counseling and education, and outpatient care. This concept includes implications of appropriate versus inappropriate therapy on the overall cost and clinical outcome of a particular disease."[1]
Coordinated disease management can improve health care.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2023), Disease management (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ Sutherland D, Hayter M (2009). "Structured review: evaluating the effectiveness of nurse case managers in improving health outcomes in three major chronic diseases.". J Clin Nurs 18 (21): 2978-92. DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.02900.x. PMID 19747197. Research Blogging.
- ↑ Galbreath AD, Krasuski RA, Smith B, Stajduhar KC, Kwan MD, Ellis R et al. (2004). "Long-term healthcare and cost outcomes of disease management in a large, randomized, community-based population with heart failure.". Circulation 110 (23): 3518-26. DOI:10.1161/01.CIR.0000148957.62328.89. PMID 15531765. Research Blogging.