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Good effort Weltee but you don't actually provide an outline - just what an outline is supposed to include.  Please be sure to complete the entire assignment.

Disease Management Research

Weltee Wolo

Rasmussen College

Author Note

This paper is being submitted on April 22, 2017, Laura De La Cruz’s

Foundations of Managed Care H310/HSA3109 course

Disease Management Research

Disease management is known to be one of the most important activities that individuals suffering from diseases need to have a more improved life. Suffering from a certain disease does not imply that an individual must remain in pain and suffering until he or she becomes healed. Although most individuals suffering from diseases do not manage to lead healthy and highly comfortable lives, their quality of life and cost of treatment can be minimized significantly through disease management. Some individuals, however, argue that disease management cannot help a patient attain a better life and thus this research study is aimed at determining the impact of disease management activities to a patient’s life (Nolte, & Osborne, 2013). It is guided by the thesis statement that, “the quality of life of a certain patient is significantly improved through effective activities of managing the disease of that patient.”

The research study will utilize the following outline as the guiding aspect.

I. Introduction

· Explanation of the topic and its importance to the society.

· Explanation of the importance of the research study

· The rationale for carrying out the research

II. Topic Background

· Explanation of the current aspects and arguments in existence regarding the topic.

· Provisions of the importance of carrying out the research

III. Literature review

· Research and provisions of other sources that have addressed this topic

· Provision of clear arguments regarding their expressions on the topic.

· Review of how each topic relates to the others

· Review of how each topic relates to the research study

IV. Methods and methodologies

· Explanation of the different methods that will be used to obtain data for the research

· Why each of the methods is appropriate for this particular research

· How the data obtained by each method will contribute to the study

V. Research data analysis

· An analysis of the data obtained from the research

· Conclusions from the data and the research study

VI. Reflection of the thesis and research question with research findings

· Reflection and further explanation of the thesis

· Comparison of the provisions of the thesis and the findings of the study

VII. Conclusion

· Explanation of how the thesis of the study is proven correct by research

· Concluding the study with recommendations

References

Ahn, S., Basu, R., Smith, M. L., Jiang, L., Lorig, K., Whitelaw, N., & Ory, M. G. (2013). The impact of chronic disease self-management programs: healthcare savings through a community-based intervention. BMC Public Health, 13(1), 1141.

Duncan, I. G. (2014). Managing and evaluating health care intervention programs.

Nolte, S., & Osborne, R. H. (2013). A systematic review of outcomes of chronic disease self-management interventions. The quality of Life Research, 22(7), 1805-1816.