Health care management review
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Health Care Manage Rev · Oct 2012
Relational coordination promotes quality of chronic care delivery in Dutch disease-management programs.
Previous studies have shown that relational coordination is positively associated with the delivery of hospital care, acute care, emergency care, trauma care, and nursing home care. The effect of relational coordination in primary care settings, such as disease-management programs, remains unknown. ⋯ The enhancement of relational coordination among core disease-management professionals with different disciplines is expected to improve chronic illness care delivery.