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Annual review of gerontology and geriatrics [electronic resource] : Volume 16, Focus on managed care and quality assurance : integrating acute and chronic care / Robert J. Newcomer, Anne M. Wilkinson, volume editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Annual review of gerontology and geriatrics ; 16, 1996.
- Annual review of gerontology and geriatrics, 0198-8794 ; 16, 1996
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Integrated delivery of health care.
- Managed care plans (Medical care).
- Medical care--Quality control.
- Medical care.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (281 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY. : Springer, c1997.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The contributors to this volume provide an overview of each component of the acute and long-term care service continuum, including managed health care, subacute care, nursing homes, community care case management, and private case management. This volume is one of the first efforts to place these varied approaches side-by-side, highlighting the gaps and areas of duplication in the services delivery system. In addition, chapters address the emerging practices in long-term care financing and assisted living as well as the conceptual issues that need to be resolved to achieve acute and chronic ca
- Contents:
- Contents; Contributors; Forthcoming Contents, Volume 17; Preface; Chapter 1 Managed Care in Acute and Primary Care Settings; Chapter 2 Subacute Care: Its Role and the Assurance of Quality; Chapter 3 Managing the Care of Nursing Home Residents: The Challenge of Integration; Chapter 4 Past Research on Long-Term Care Case Management Demonstrations; Chapter 5 State and Local Approaches to Long-Term Care; Chapter 6 Case Management for Private Payers; Chapter 7 Residential Care for the Frail Elderly: State Innovations in Placement, Financing, and Governance
- Chapter 8 An Approach to Geriatric Screening in Managed Care SettingsChapter 9 Thoughts on the Future of Integrating Acute and Long-Term Care; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-81836-4
- 9786611818364
- 0-8261-6505-2
- OCLC:
- 437109651
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