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- Title
Utilization Review: A Powerful Social Work Role in Health Care Settings .
- Authors
Rizzo, Victoria M.; Abrams, Anita
- Abstract
The article presents utilization review (UR) as an essential component in the integration of social work in the health care setting. During the past decade, social work in health care has undergone major changes. The growth of managed care and the corporatization of health care have had major implications for hospitals, nursing homes, and home care agencies. Hospitals are downsizing as lengths of stay decrease and pressures to maximize health care dollars increase. The identification of utilization review UR as a social work function hanged the way social workers, hospital staff, and the facility's administrators defined the role of the Social Work Depart and allowed for creative program development to further integrate the department into the ever changing hospital environment . Although UR is not the only factor to foster the growth of the department described in this article, it is the factor that led to the evolution of the case management practice model in the hospital.
- Subjects
UTILIZATION review (Medical care); HEALTH facilities; HOSPITAL case management services; SOCIAL services; NURSING care facilities; PUBLIC welfare
- Publication
Health & Social Work, 2000, Vol 25, Issue 4, p264
- ISSN
0360-7283
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/hsw/25.4.264