Examining End-of-Life Case Management: Systematic Review
Case management was initiated in the 1970s to reduce care discontinuity. A literature review focused on end-of-life (EOL) case management identified 17 research articles, with content analysis revealing two themes: (a) seeking to determine or establish the value of EOL case management and (b) identi...
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| description | Case management was initiated in the 1970s to reduce care discontinuity. A literature review focused on end-of-life (EOL) case management identified 17 research articles, with content analysis revealing two themes: (a) seeking to determine or establish the value of EOL case management and (b) identifying ways to improve EOL case management. The evidence, although limited, suggests that EOL case management is helpful to dying individuals and their families. Research is needed to more clearly illustrate its usefulness or outcomes and the extent of need for it and actual availability. Among other benefits, EOL case management may help reduce hospital utilization, a major concern with the high cost of hospital-based care and the increased desire for home-based EOL care. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-05187b784d0a457c814e348eb5339d242025-02-03T06:00:57ZengWileyNursing Research and Practice2090-14292090-14372014-01-01201410.1155/2014/651681651681Examining End-of-Life Case Management: Systematic ReviewRoger E. Thomas0Donna M. Wilson1Stephen Birch2Boris Woytowich3Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, CanadaFaculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 1C9, CanadaCentre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4K1, CanadaFaculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 1C9, CanadaCase management was initiated in the 1970s to reduce care discontinuity. A literature review focused on end-of-life (EOL) case management identified 17 research articles, with content analysis revealing two themes: (a) seeking to determine or establish the value of EOL case management and (b) identifying ways to improve EOL case management. The evidence, although limited, suggests that EOL case management is helpful to dying individuals and their families. Research is needed to more clearly illustrate its usefulness or outcomes and the extent of need for it and actual availability. Among other benefits, EOL case management may help reduce hospital utilization, a major concern with the high cost of hospital-based care and the increased desire for home-based EOL care.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/651681 |
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