Case management used to optimize cancer care pathways: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Reports of inadequate cancer patient care have given rise to various interventions to support cancer care pathways which, overall, seem poorly studied. Case management (CM) is one method that may support a cost-effective, high-quality patient-centred treatment and care.The purpose of this article was to summarise intervention characteristics, outcomes of interest, results, and validity components of the published randomized controlled trials (RCTs) examining CM as a method for optimizing cancer care pathways.

Methods

PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, CINAHL and The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials were systematically searched for RCTs published all years up to August 2008. Identified papers were included if they passed the following standards.

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SUBMITTER: Wulff CN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2596122 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature