The underdevelopment of evaluative research on health services for the elderly in the United States.
This paper describes and analyzes the evolution of current issues in program development and planning for health services for the elderly in the United States. Technical issues and administrative problems in the design and conduct of evaluative research in geriatric care are then reviewed. The paper concludes with the identification of areas for needed evaluative research that can be appropriately pursued cross-nationally.
D000368:Aged; D001290:Attitude; D005190:Family; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007326:Institutionalization; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000639:trends; D009826:Old Age Assistance / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States