The Effects of Case Management in a Medicaid Managed Care Plan
Status unconfirmed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Neoplasms, Heart Diseases, Adrenal Cortex Diseases
In brief
The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether or not case management by a social worker and nurse can decrease the number of emergency room visits, increase the number of primary care doctor visits, and increase quality of life of people in a Medicaid managed care plan.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00385879
- Run by
- Metropolitan Jewish Health System
- People needed
- 500
- Starts
- 2006-05-01
- Expected to finish
- 2008-01-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2006-10-11
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- participation in a Medicaid managed care plan
- resident of identified zip codes in Brooklyn, NY
- frequent hospitalizations and low frequency of primary doctor visits
You may not qualify if…
- residents outside the catchment area
- patients not being managed in a Medicaid managed care plan
Where it is running
- Metropolitan Jewish Health System — Brooklyn, New York, United States (enrolling)
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