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Case Management In Psychiatry And The Role Of The Nurse Incase Management Method
Miyaser KAYAHAN*, Şahin AKSOY**
* Öğretim Görevlisi, Harran Üniversitesi Sağlık Yüksekokulu,** Yrd.Doç., Harran Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, ŞANLIURFA
In recent years the rapid changes and developments in the world have had effects in health care system as well as other fields. Changes in population, demographic features, economy, politics and technology has guided both the demands in health care system and the methods developed to satisfy these demands. The life span has extended with the improvements in medicine, science and technology but this brought the increase in the population of elderly and chronic patients. These factors have increased the expenditures in health care delivery. On the other hand, the reflection of the concept of 'quality' in health care services made health care institutions face to provide quality service despite the increasing demand and limited resources. Case management is a method developed for this purpose.
In this article the answers to the questions, what is case management? and, What is the main features of it? were sought and the role of nurse-case manager was examined.Keywords: Case management; NursingTurkiye Klinikleri J Med Ethics 2001, 9:35-37
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