title: The brokerage model of long-term care: a rose by any other name.
abstract: The evolution of the organization of long-term care services in the United States has resulted in a fragmented non-system of long-term care for the elderly. The proposed solution to the crises in long-term care is to coordinate services through a pure brokerage model of service organization. The author argues that such a model cannot meet the criteria for a fully coordinated system because it does not restructure or reform the current organization of services. It is suggested that a consolidated model will restructure and reform the system.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000379:methods*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D014481:United States