Based on research done with The John A. Hartford Foundation's Generalist Physician Initiative, this study describes and analyzes the changing structure and organization of health care delivery systems for elderly people. The 12 contributions describe nine different sites in urban, suburban, and rural settings in order to show what constitutes a successful care provider. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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Introduction, Bradford L. Kirkman-Liff;
Chapter 1 An Overview of Primary
Care and the Generalist Physician Initiative, Mark A. Sager, Frank G.
Williams, F. Ellen Netting;
Chapter 2 Complementary Geriatric Practice Model,
Nancy A. Whitelaw, Mary Beth Tupper, Alice Early, Phyllis Collier;
Chapter 3
Collaborative Care Teams, Cheryl Schraeder, Paul Shelton, Teri Britt, Robert
Turngren, Ida Nagele;
Chapter 4 Advanced Practice Nurses as System-Wide Case
Managers for Internists, Linda J. Battaglini, A. Judith Czerenda;
Chapter 5 A
Collaborative Model with Nurse Practitioners and Social Workers, Gloria B.
Weinberg;
Chapter 6 Physician Assistants in Urban Neighborhood Health
Centers, Philip A. Anderson, Richard H. Fortinsky, C. Seth Landefeld;
Chapter
7 Primary Care Physician, Nurse, and Social Work Collaboration in the Care of
Community-Dwelling, Chronically Ill Elders, Lucia Sommers, Janeane Randolph;
Chapter 8 An Effective Managed Care Strategy: Case Managers in Partnership
with Primary Care Physicians, Lynne Anker-Unnever;
Chapter 9 Cost-Effective
Care Coordination in the Rural Physician's Office, Carlton A. Hornung,
Bernice Brewer, Millicent Stein*We would like to thank Dr. G. Paul Eleazer,
Michael D. Byrd, Dr. R. Bradford Whitney, and Dr. Thomas E. Brown Jr. for
helpful comments and suggestions.;
Chapter 10 How Understanding the
Patient's World Can Improve Geriatric Care in Physicians' Busy Practice
Settings, John H. Wasson, Anne M. Jette;
Chapter 11 The Physician and Care
Coordinator: A Chronic Care Partnership, Sue Shearer, W. June Simmons,
Barbara Berkman, Gladys Gundrum, Monika White;
Chapter 12 Lessons Learned
Across Sites, Frank G. Williams, Bradford L. Kirkman-Liff, F. Ellen Netting;
F. Ellen Netting, Frank G. Williams