Patient Turnover in a new Psychogeriatric Day Hospital
A Pluralistic Evaluation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11202003 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gilbert H Smith (0000-0002-1908-5425, University of Hull), Gilbert Smith, C A Cantley (University of Aberdeen), CAROLINE CANTLEY, Valerie Ritman (University of Glasgow) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 325-356 |
| Publication date | 1983-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ageing and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0144-686X • E-ISSN: 1469-1779 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0144686x00010229 |
| OpenAlex | W2132847201 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 23 |
Studies designed to evaluate the services of a health or welfare institution face the major difficulty of selecting evaluative criteria to serve as measures of successful performance. This paper explores that difficulty in the context of a study of a new psychogeriatric day hospital. The study and its methods of data collection are described. ‘Patient turnover’ features prominently as a measure of success within the hospital. Consultants, nurses, general practitioners, social workers, staff of a related hospital and patients’ relatives interpret this measure in different ways and adopt different strategies to pursue ‘success’ in their own interests. These differences are described. The paper concludes that a ‘pluralistic evaluation’ has several advantages as compared to other approaches
Context (archaeology) · Day hospital · Face (sociological concept) · Family medicine · General hospital · Institution · Management · Political science · Psychiatry · Social science · Social Welfare · Sociology · Turnover · Welfare · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes · Medicine · Nursing · Psychiatric care and mental health services · Psychology
Change, choice, and conflict in social policy
Innovation in community care and general practice
The meaning of disability
Architectural and Functional Planning for a Geriatric Day Hospital
Psychiatric day-care--the new chronic population
The Meaning of Disability
A Geriatric Day Hospital and its system of care
Day hospital in the context of a community mental health program
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |