Global case management: Hong Kong. Care for the hospital-discharged frail elders by nurse case managers: a process evaluation of a longitudinal case management service project.

Using quantitative and qualitative methodology, a study was conducted on the process of case management performed by nurse case managers on a group of 45 post-discharged frail elderly patients in 2001-2002. The quantitative data provided the common reasons for client-initiated telephone calls to nurse case managers and the nurse case managers' interventions to these calls. Qualitative data yielded 9 major themes on which a sequential and dynamic process model of case management was conceptualized.

Reducing utilisation of hospital services by case management: a randomised controlled trial.

A 12-month randomised controlled trial was conducted in Hong Kong to evaluate the effectiveness of case management provided to a group of home-dwelling, frail elderly patients (control group: n = 47; intervention group: n = 45) in terms of utilisation of hospital services by these patients. Significant reductions (significance at P View Article and Find Full Text PDF