A model gatekeeper program to find the at-risk elderly

Journal of Case Management

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 106-114

  Florio, Evelyn R ^a   Rockwood, Todd H ^a   Hendryx, Michael S ^a   Jensen, Julie E ^a   Raschko, Raymond ^a   Dyck, Dennis G ^a  

^a Washington Institute for Mental Illness Research and Training   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HIGH RISK POPULATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MODEL; PATIENT CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TRAINING;

AGED; CASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0030462934     PISSN: 10613706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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20. Evelyn R. Florio, Michael S. Hendryx, Julie E. Jensen, and Dennis G. Dyck are with the Washington Institute for Mental Illness Research & Training, Washington State University, Spokane, WA.
21. Todd H. Rockwood is with the Clincial Outcomes Research Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Raymond Raschko is on the staff of the Spokane Mental Health Center.