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- Title
Standardized screening of elderly patients' needs for social work assessment of primary care: use of the SF-36.
- Authors
Berkman B; Chauncey S; Holmes W; Daniels A; Bonander E; Sampson S; Robinson M
- Abstract
Fewer hospitalizations and decreased lengths of stay in the hospital have resulted in an increased need for extensive support services and continuing care planning for elderly people in primary care. Early identification of elderly patients needing community and hospital nonmedical services is necessary so that timely appropriate services can be delivered. This study addresses the issue of whether a standardized health related quality of life questionnaire, the SF-36, can be used independently as a screen predicting primary care elderly patients' needs for social work assessment. In addition, the question of what scales on the SF-36 a social worker would use to screen patients in need of assessment is explored.
- Publication
Health & Social Work, 1999, Vol 24, Issue 1, p9
- ISSN
0360-7283
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/hsw/24.1.9