Modeling participant flows in human service programs

Journal of Technology in Human Services

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 55-71

  Coursen, Derek ^a   Ferns, Bill ^b,c  

^a Vera Institute of Justice   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Box B11 220 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Case management systems; Client tracking systems; Data models; Flow diagrams; Human services; Systems analysis and design

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; MANAGEMENT; SEMANTICS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA; CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; CLIENT-TRACKING SYSTEMS; FLOW DIAGRAMS; HUMAN SERVICES;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 9744224261     PISSN: 15228835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J017v22n04_04     Document Type: Article

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