| Title | Nurse managed occupational health services: a primary care model in practice. | | Author(s) | Childre F | | Institution | AAOHN, Atlanta, GA, USA. | | Source | AAOHN J 1997 Oct; 45(10):484-90. | | MeSH | Ambulatory Care Facilities
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Humans
Managed Care Programs
Models, Nursing
Occupational Health Nursing
Primary Health Care
| | Abstract | 1. Managed care focus on delivering health care which values prevention, early intervention, continuity of care, commitment to quality care, and outcomes, as well as client satisfaction. Occupational health nurses routinely integrate these values into their practice. 2. An on-site model of primary health care delivery, incorporating the fundamentals of occupational health nursing, can bring significant savings to the organization in health related costs. 3. Case management may provide the greatest potential for growth in occupational health nursing. It is a method that can be used together with managed care to maximize quality health care services. 4. Viewing health related costs as an investment as opposed to part of a benefit plan, influences employees to make positive choices. It also impacts the delivery of health care services on a systematic, global level, which affects total health care costs. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
Review
| | PubMed ID | 9384002 |
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