The triage experiment in coordinated care for the elderly.

American journal of public health - Tập 71 Số 9 - Trang 991-1003 - 1981
Barbara Hicks, Helen M. Raisz, Joan V. Segal, Neville Doherty

Tóm tắt

Triage is a model project designed to overcome the organizational and financial barriers inhibiting the provision of appropriate care to the elderly. Teams made up of a nurse clinician and a social worker performed assessment, service coordination, and monitoring functions. Services arranged by the teams were financed through a series of waivers on the use of the Medicare Trust Fund. Three hundred and seven Triage clients were followed and compared to a group of 195 elderly in a two year quasi-experimental study of functioning status outcomes, use of services, and health care costs. Triage clients had slightly better mental functioning outcomes than comparison clients; results of physical and social functioning outcomes were inconclusive. Both service utilization and costs were somewhat higher for Triage clients; the proportional difference in utilization was greater than the proportional difference in costs.

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American journal of public health

Tập 71 Số 9

991-1003

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