Social-Service Interventions Lead to Better Health Outcomes To understand what can go wrong when medical care and social services aren't linked, consider a hypothetical situation. A patient arrives in the emergency room complaining of shortness of breath and is diagnosed with hypertension. Her...
There does need to be more investment in the social determinants of health, but health systems should not take the lead in these efforts. Alternative strategies exist. For example, instead of attempting to provide social services or to collaborate directly with social service providers, hospitals co...
This paper analyzes Vietnam's health policies. It adopts an interpretative framework stressing that policy approaches to strategic and commercial services, on one hand, and social services, on the other hand, should be fundamentally different, given the structurally different nature of such diverse se...
We share information we collect in accordance with the practices described in this Privacy Policy. The following are the categories of recipients: to our affiliates, service providers and partners who provide data processing services to us (for example, to support the delivery of, provide functionali...
How do health and safety policies and procedures protect those in social care settings? Health and safety policies and procedures put in place in social care settings protect those who work in and use the services by minimising the risks of injury, illness and harm. ...
health services organizationsMedicaidMedicarepayment structurespolicy makingsocial workersJulie S. DarnellHeidi L. AllenJohn Wiley & Sons, LtdDarnell, J.S. & Lawlor, E.F. (2012). Health policy and social work. In S. Gehlert & T. Browne (Eds.), Handbook of health social work (pp. 100-...
Social service, any of numerous publicly or privately provided services intended to aid disadvantaged, distressed, or vulnerable persons or groups. The term social service also denotes the profession engaged in rendering such services. The social service
Health and social care services have finally reached a stage where integration is accepted as one of the key solutions to manage complex conditions. A personalized patient passport created for each patient with frailty outlines their treatment plans and social support escalation. Coordinated hospital dis...
We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that you’ve provided to them or that they’ve collected from your use of their services. Show details Deny Allow all...
Health Policy for Physical Therapists and Older Adults Ellen Strunk, in Guccione's Geriatric Physical Therapy, 2020 Social Determinants of Health Access to health care services is further complicated by disparities across racial and ethnic groups and by geographical and socioeconomic factors. In 2017,...