The development of a caseload weighting tool

Administration in Social Work

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 25-37

  Lechman, Constance ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caseload equity; Caseload weight; Data analysis; Heavy cases; Psychosocial acuity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746591185     PISSN: 03643107     EISSN: 15444376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J147v30n02_04     Document Type: Article

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