Published in Home health care services quarterly
Triage is a model designed to overcome organizational and financial problems inhibiting the provision of appropriate care to the elderly. The model is being evaluated by the functioning status of the elderly, use of services, and health care costs of a group of elderly people served by Triage and one served by the conventional system. Preliminary r...
Published in Home health care services quarterly
The General Accounting Office (GAO) study of home care services in the Cleveland area is a prominent attempt to inform the selection of clients for these services. This paper critiques two major portions of the GAO study: the "break even" analysis relating level of client impairment to the comparative costs of care in home and institutional setting...
Published in Home health care services quarterly
Published in Home health care services quarterly
This article reports the development and first five years experience of the Western Domiciliary Care Service, Adelaide, South Australia. This service began accepting referrals in July 1971. Referrals are accepted without regard to age or degree of disability. Assessments are made in the patients' homes by social workers and therapists, who maintain...
Published in Home health care services quarterly
Published in Home health care services quarterly
This article provides a comparative analysis of planning methods used by health planners and other policy analysts to determine the need for home health care, personal care, and home maintenance services. The analysis focuses primarily on approaches used to estimate the population risk, but also examines techniques used to determine the service req...
Published in Home health care services quarterly
Published in Home health care services quarterly
Published in Home health care services quarterly
