Development of the workload analysis scale (WAS) for the assessment and rehabilitation services of ballarat health services

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 143-160

  Gathercole, Michael F ^a   DeMello, Lesley R ^b  

^a BALLARAT HEALTH SERVICES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Complexity; Inputs; Interventions; Outcomes; Psychosocial; Rehabilitation; Reliability; Validity; Workload

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WORKER; TREATMENT PLANNING; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REHABILITATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL WORK; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VICTORIA; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0035747016     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981380109517023     Document Type: Article

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