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Health Occupations > Health Services Administration > Patient Care Management > Disease Management

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Disease Management  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Note

  • selection of appropriate dis ther processes in relation to cost and clin outcome

Scope note

  • A broad approach to appropriate coordination of the entire disease treatment process that often involves shifting away from more expensive inpatient and acute care to areas such as preventive medicine, patient counseling and education, and outpatient care. This concept includes implications of appropriate versus inappropriate therapy on the overall cost and clinical outcome of a particular disease. (From Hosp Pharm 1995 Jul;30(7):596)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019468

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