Framework for analyzing health care models serving adults with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities.
A conceptual framework was presented for describing, comparing, and analyzing the structure of health care models serving adults with mental retardation/developmental disabilities (MR/DD). This framework, which was drawn from Donabedian's (1980) work on the components of quality of health care-structure, process, and outcome-provides a basis for comparing health service models according to three key domains: measures of access, comprehensiveness, and cost. We used this framework to describe three existing programs that use different models to serve this population.
Pulcini
J
J
Hunter College School of Nursing, City University of New York, NY 10010-2590, USA.
Howard
A M
AM
D006293:Health Promotion; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards*; D011787:Quality of Health Care