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- Title
Primary care practice-based care management for chronically ill patients (PraCMan): study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial [ISRCTN56104508].
- Authors
Freund, Tobias; Peters-Klimm, Frank; Rochon, Justine; Mahler, Cornelia; Gensichen, Jochen; Erler, Antje; Beyer, Martin; Baldauf, Annika; Gerlach, Ferdinand M; Szecsenyi, Joachim
- Abstract
Care management programmes are an effective approach to care for high risk patients with complex care needs resulting from multiple co-occurring medical and non-medical conditions. These patients are likely to be hospitalized for a potentially "avoidable" cause. Nurse-led care management programmes for high risk elderly patients showed promising results. Care management programmes based on health care assistants (HCAs) targeting adult patients with a high risk of hospitalisation may be an innovative approach to deliver cost-efficient intensified care to patients most in need.
- Publication
Trials, 2011, Vol 12, p163
- ISSN
1745-6215
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1186/1745-6215-12-163