Factors that influence case managers' resource allocation decisions in pediatric home care: An ethnographic study

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 337-349

  Fraser, Kimberly D ^a   Estabrooks, Carole ^a   Allen, Marion ^a   Strang, Vicki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accountability for reasonableness; Case management; Decision making; Ethnography; Ethnoscience; Home care; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION THEORY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ALBERTA; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DECISION THEORY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 59849099318     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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