Palliative care case management: Increasing access to community-based palliative care for medicaid recipients

Professional Case Management

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 206-217

  Head, Barbara A ^a   Lajoie, Scott ^b   Augustine Smith, Lara ^c   Cantrell, Mary ^d   Hofmann, Dan ^e   Keeney, Cynthia ^a   Pfeifer, Mark ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c Passport Health Plan   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

case management; Medicaid; palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAID; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING CARE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955153855     PISSN: 15297764     EISSN: 15390675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCM.0b013e3181d18a9e     Document Type: Article

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