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Descriptor English: Case Management
Descriptor Spanish: Manejo de Caso
Descriptor gestión de casos
Entry term(s) manejo de casos
Scope note: Término tradicionalmente utilizado para referirse a todas las actividades que un médico u otro profesional sanitario realiza normalmente para garantizar la coordinación de los servicios médicos requeridos por el paciente. También, cuando se utiliza en relación con la atención médica administrada, abarca todas las actividades de evaluación del paciente, planificación del tratamiento, remisión y seguimiento para que la atención sea continua e integral y se obtenga el pago por el servicio. (Traducción libre del original: Slee & Slee, Health Care Terms, 2nd ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Administração de Caso
Descriptor French: Prise en charge personnalisée du patient
Tree number(s): N04.590.233.624.250
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019090
Scope note: A traditional term for all the activities which a physician or other health care professional normally performs to insure the coordination of the medical services required by a patient. It also, when used in connection with managed care, covers all the activities of evaluating the patient, planning treatment, referral, and follow-up so that care is continuous and comprehensive and payment for the care is obtained. (From Slee & Slee, Health Care Terms, 2nd ed)
Annotation: all health professionals' activities to insure coord of services for the patient
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Managed Care Programs (1988-1995)
Patient Care Planning (1980-1995)
Public MeSH Note: 96
History Note: 96
Related: Managed Care Programs MeSH
DeCS ID: 32818
Unique ID: D019090
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Date Established: 1996/01/01
Date of Entry: 1995/05/26
Case Management - Preferred
Concept UI M0028492
Scope note A traditional term for all the activities which a physician or other health care professional normally performs to insure the coordination of the medical services required by a patient. It also, when used in connection with managed care, covers all the activities of evaluating the patient, planning treatment, referral, and follow-up so that care is continuous and comprehensive and payment for the care is obtained. (From Slee & Slee, Health Care Terms, 2nd ed)
Preferred term Case Management



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