Can physicians' admission evaluation of patients' status help to identify patients requiring social work interventions?

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 17-29

  Hou, J W ^a   Hollenberg, J ^a   Charlson, M E ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Admission evaluation; Clinical assessment; Cost; Discharge; Social work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PHYSICIAN; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REHABILITATION CENTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL WORK; TELEMETRY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW YORK; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 0035182335     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v33n02_02     Document Type: Article

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