Identifying patients who need social work services: an interdisciplinary analysis.
Factors that affect decisions made by professionals in the referral of hospital patients for social work services are analyzed. A multidisciplinary approach was used, in which social workers, nurses, and physicians individually evaluated the social service needs of a sample of patients hospitalized in an intermediate care section at a Veterans Administration medical center. The study helped to identify sources of divergent views held by health care professionals in different disciplines.
D003237:Connecticut; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006748:Hospital Departments; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012948:Social Work Department, Hospital