| Description |
xvii, 289 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
1. Innovative cost management of high cost diseases -- 2. Case management models -- 3. Critical pathways - improving patient care with a managed care focus -- 4. Disease state management-DSM -- 5. Health maintenance organizations-HMOS -- 6. Social health maintenance organizations-SMHOS -- 7. Program of all-inclusive care for the elderly-pace -- 8. Telemedicine and telehealth -- 9. Our aging future : the 21st century nursing challenge |
| Summary |
"This book is intended as a supplemental text for professional nurses, social workers, physicians, therapists, case managers, health administrators, and other care professionals engaging cutting edge care technologies and innovative organizations that strive to provide efficient, cost-effective, quality health solutions in the twenty-first century for the elderly. Many of the cost containment concepts, technologies and organizations included in this book are constantly changing what, how, when, where, and who will be providing health care services and managing the wellness, health promotion, acute, and chronic disease management programs for specific populations. This text contains up-to-date cost containment tools used in different organizational forms of health care organizations."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Medical care -- Technological innovations.
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Medical technology.
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| Author |
Zagor, Karen Becky.
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Calhoun, Judith Elaine.
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| LC no. |
2004053720 |
| ISBN |
0398075336 |
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0398075344 paperback |
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