Screening for high social risk: principles and problems.
Sound use of hospital social work services is not achieved when workers rely on other health personnel for referrals. The authors propose a screening mechanism to identify patients at what they term high levels of social risk and to restore the initiative to social work staff. Relevant principles and problems are also discussed.
D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D009519:New York City; D010351:Patient Discharge; D011336:Probability; D012306:Risk; D012947:Social Work / Q000379:methods*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology