Question

A case manager telephones a client with lung disease to evaluate respiratory function with home oxygen use and then contacts the primary care provider. What is the purpose of this communication?

Answer 1

Evaluation of the expected outcomes is the main purpose of this communication.

Step-by-step explanation:

• Outcome term is used for the results of the disease as experienced by the patient. In COPD these include symptoms weight loss,exercise intolerance,exacerbations,impaired health related quality of life,increased health resource use & death. Exercise capacity as tested in a laboratory is one of the markers which is associated with patient's exercise intolerance in daily life had scores of health status gives a marker of patient's health related quality of life.