Reliable integrative assessment of health care needs in elderly persons: The INTERMED for the Elderly (IM-E)

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 169-178

  Wild, Beate ^a   Lechner, Sabine ^a   Herzog, Wolfgang ^a   Maatouk, Imad ^a   Wesche, Daniela ^a   Raum, Elke ^b   Müller, Heiko ^b   Brenner, Hermann ^b   Slaets, Joris ^c   Huyse, Frits ^d   Söllner, Wolfgang ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e General Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biopsychosocial; Health care needs; Integrative assessment; Interdisciplinary; INTERMED for the Elderly; Interrater reliability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; INTERMED FOR THE ELDERLY; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTERVIEW; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DISABILITY;

AGED; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 78751617553     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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