"Medicalization" of community services for the elderly.
Research on medical care cost containment has indicated that the community-based service system is undergoing a process of restructuring within the context of an increasingly competitive environment and strong pressures to "medicalize" medical care services.
Wood
J B
JB
Gerontological Services Administration Program, New School for Social Research, New York.
Estes
C L
CL
D000368:Aged; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000191:economics*; D003164:Competitive Bidding / Q000639:trends; D003363:Cost Control / Q000639:trends; D006291:Health Policy / Q000191:economics*; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans