Managed care in home health: Social work practice and unmet client needs

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-18

  Egan, Marcia ^a   Kadushin, Goldie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Auspice; Home health care; Medicare Prospective Payment System; Social work practice; Unmet need

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREGIVER; CHILD; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICARE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIAL WORKER;

FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 24944479987     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v41n02_01     Document Type: Review

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