An evolving paradigm of supervision within a changing health care environment.
As hospitals attempt to decrease their costs to survive in today's health care market, they are implementing resizing strategies that promise greater efficiency. A by-product has been the elimination of many management and supervisory positions. A self-administered questionnaire was sent to a stratified random sample of 750 hospitals (yielding a 46% return rate) to study the types of supervisory models being utilized and the factors associated with their differential use. While concern is expressed about the erosion of clinical supervision, the data suggests that the majority of social workers are receiving supervision from a social worker.
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School of Social Welfare, Stony Brook University, NY 11794-8231, USA.
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D019090:Case Management; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006302:Health Services Research; D006754:Hospital Restructuring / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D018024:Peer Review, Health Care; D010559:Personnel Management; D012948:Social Work Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States