Open AccessHome health care: who's where?
Author(s) -
Elayne Kornblatt Phillips,
Mary E. Fisher,
D MacMillan-Scattergood,
A J Baglioni,
James C. Torner
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.77.6.733
Subject(s) - medicaid , agency (philosophy) , public health , medicine , environmental health , family medicine , nursing homes , business , health care , home health , nursing , gerontology , economic growth , philosophy , epistemology , economics
Referrals to two home health agencies, one public and one private, were examined over a one-year period (n = 290). Clients in the public agency required greater frequency of visits, more nursing services, and care for a longer period of time than did those in the private agency. The public agency served a larger proportion of indigent and Medicaid clients. Increased service delivery with a decreased financial base may forebode an unhealthy future for traditional public home health agencies.
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