Case management in primary palliative care is associated more strongly with organisational than with patient characteristics Vrije Universiteit Brussel Universiteit Gent
BACKGROUND: Case managers have been introduced in Dutch primary palliative care; these are nurses with expertise in palliative care who offer support to patients and informal carers in addition to the care provided by the general practitioner and home care nurses. This study aims to describe support and investigate what characteristics of patients and the organizational setting are related to the number of contacts and to the number of times ...