Ambulatory elderly patients of primary care physicians: Functional, psychosocial and environmental predictors of need for social work care management

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1-20

  Berkman, Barbara ^a,b   Shearer, Susan ^c   Simmons, W June ^d   White, Monika ^c   Robinson, Mark ^b   Sampson, Suzanne ^b   Holmes, William ^b   Allison, Deborah ^e   Thomson, Judith A ^f  

^a Harvard Upper New England G E C   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HUNTINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Visiting Nurse Association Foundation   (United States)

^e BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Bay Area Visiting Nurse Association   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCREENING; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 0029960124     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v22n03_01     Document Type: Article

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