Community-based case management for uninsured patients with chronic diseases

Professional Case Management

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 267-275

  Glendenning Napoli, Alison ^a   Dowling, Beverly ^a   Pulvino, John ^a   Baillargeon, Gwen ^a   Raimer, Ben G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Case management; Chronic diseases; Emergency care; Medical indigency; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867543914     PISSN: 15297764     EISSN: 15390675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCM.0b013e3182687f2b     Document Type: Article

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