William Weissert
Biographic Data
| ID | 5540775 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William Weissert |
| GIVEN NAMES | William |
| FAMILY NAME | Weissert |
| SIGNATURE | WEISSERT W |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Titrating Versus Targeting Home Care Services to Frail Elderly Clients
The article summarizes the shortcomings of current home care targeting policy, provides a conceptual framework for understanding the sources of its problems, and proposes an alternative resource allocation method. Methods required for different aspects of the study included synthesis of the published literature, regression analysis of risk predictors, and comparison of actual resource allocations with simulated budgets. Problems of imperfect agen…
Helping protectthe elderly and the public against the catastrophic costs of long‐term care
Effects and Costs of Day-Care Services for the Chronically Ill
Two long-term care settings not now covered by Medicare--adult day care and homemaker services--were studied in a randomized experiment to test the effects on patient outcomes and costs of using these new services. This article reports findings for day care. Patients' physical, psychosocial and health functions were assessed quarterly, and their Medicare bill files were obtained. Medicaid data were obtained on most patients, but few used many Med…
Titrating Versus Targeting Home Care Services to Frail Elderly Clients
The article summarizes the shortcomings of current home care targeting policy, provides a conceptual framework for understanding the sources of its problems, and proposes an alternative resource allocation method. Methods required for different aspects of the study included synthesis of the published literature, regression analysis of risk predictors, and comparison of actual resource allocations with simulated budgets. Problems of imperfect agen…
Effects and Costs of Day-Care Services for the Chronically Ill
Two long-term care settings not now covered by Medicare--adult day care and homemaker services--were studied in a randomized experiment to test the effects on patient outcomes and costs of using these new services. This article reports findings for day care. Patients' physical, psychosocial and health functions were assessed quarterly, and their Medicare bill files were obtained. Medicaid data were obtained on most patients, but few used many Med…
Helping protectthe elderly and the public against the catastrophic costs of long‐term care
Titrating Versus Targeting Home Care Services to Frail Elderly Clients
The article summarizes the shortcomings of current home care targeting policy, provides a conceptual framework for understanding the sources of its problems, and proposes an alternative resource allocation method. Methods required for different aspects of the study included synthesis of the published literature, regression analysis of risk predictors, and comparison of actual resource allocations with simulated budgets. Problems of imperfect agen…
Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Actuarial science (1 work) · Administration (probate law (1 work) · Agency (philosophy (1 work) · Art history (1 work) · Business (1 work) · Chapel (1 work)