Coordinating patient care is an activity central to home health nursing practice. Nurses
believe that this component of care contributes in a meaningful way to patient well‐being …

The effect of the diagnosis-related groups (DRG)/prospective payment system (PPS) on the
health status complexity and nutrition needs of patients was studied in home health and five …

PURPOSE The study reported here examined both the amount and the type of coordination
delivered to home care patients; further, it examined the coordination delivered both during …

Ruth Hubbard, a public health nursing (PHN) leader in 1950, offered a timeless comment,"
To each age comes its own peculiar problems and challenges, but to it also comes the …

The purpose of this study was to explore, identify, and describe nursing functions employed
in the provision of Transitional Followup Care. Transitional Followup Care was designed to …

An ex post facto study was conducted to identify factors associated with diabetic patients'
access to home health services following hospital discharge. The Andersen (Aday, Fleming …

many local and state health departments changed policies to include reimbursable care of
the sick and there was a proliferation of proprietary home health agencies (Roberts & …

Home health nursing has experienced phenomenal growth throughout the last decade, and
often serves as an alternative to institutionalized care. There is a paucity of information …

The purpose of this study was to measure the influence of the Medicare Prospective
Payment System, implemented on October l, 1983, on four types of nonprofit home health …

In response to the influx of managed care, home care agencies are implementing strategies
that promote quality and cost-effective care. Using Orem's Self-Care Model, this pilot study …