Can private hospitals afford to provide social services?
This article describes a fee-for-service charging system for social work services in a "private" hospital. This system was developed because the financial pressures of the day appear to be causing a trend to decrease the level of social services provided in hospitals. The system has provided the Department of Clinical Social Work the opportunity to demonstrate the marketability of social work and to assure the department's financial viability.
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002140:California; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004180:Direct Service Costs; D004469:Economics, Hospital; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary / Q000191:economics*; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement; D007350:Insurance, Hospitalization; D010361:Patients; D010820:Physicians; D012947:Social Work / Q000191:economics*