The Effects of Tele-care Case Management Services for Medical Aid Beneficiaries
Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing
; : 351-361, 2010.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
This study was done to analyze the effects of tele-care case management services using secondary data.METHODS:
A descriptive research design was utilized, and the participants were 134 medical aid beneficiaries who were in either the high-risk group or the preventive group. Case management services were delivered by 8 care managers. Data were analyzed using PAWS Statistics 17 through descriptive statistics and paired t-test.RESULTS:
After the case management intervention, the participants' health quality of life, self-care competency, and reasonable medical care utilization increased significantly for the high-risk group. However there were no significant changes in the preventive group.CONCLUSION:
The results showed that the tele-care case management services were effective for high-risk medical aid beneficiaries. Further studies with controls for constitutional variables and a comparison group are required to validate the robustness of the effectiveness of the case management program in the present study.Key words
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Main subject:
Quality of Life
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Research Design
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Self Care
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Medicaid
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Case Management
Language:
Ko
Journal:
Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing
Year:
2010
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Article