Care managers' time use: Differences between community mental health and older people's services in the United Kingdom

Care Management Journals

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 169-178

  Jacobs, Sally ^a   Hughes, Jane ^a   Challis, David ^a   Stewart, Karen ^a   Weiner, Kate ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case management models; Community care service settings; Diary study; Professional working practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CASE MANAGER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT MONITORING; PROCESS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL WORK; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SOCIAL WORK; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME;

EID: 33845691499     PISSN: 15210987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/cmj-v7i4a002     Document Type: Article

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