The value of the presence of social work in emergency departments

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 314-326

  Auerbach, Charles ^a   Mason, Susan E ^a  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Admissions; Community; Costs; Emergency room; Hospital; Social workers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; SOCIAL WORK; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT TRANSFER; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 77951062403     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981380903426772     Document Type: Article

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