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| A study of a total social services care population and its inter-agency shared care populations | | Author(s) | Jan Keene, Xuefang Li |
| Journal title | British Journal of Social Work, vol 35, no 7, October 2005 |
| Pages | pp 1145-1162 |
| Source | http://bjsw.oupjournals.org |
| Keywords | Social Services Departments ; Services ; Health Authorities and Trusts ; Coordination ; Interaction [welfare services] ; Cross national surveys. |
| Annotation | There are very few large population studies focusing on the characteristics of social care populations as a whole. This study examines a total social services adult care population, excluding residential care homes (n=646,239). 61% of this population were women (compared to the health authority population of 51%); and 62% were aged 65+ (compared to 23% of the health authority). Age groupings and gender patterns of service use are identified for different care groups. The study then examines care populations shared between social services and other agencies, identifying the amount of shared care and the characteristics of specific shared care sub-groups. 42% of the social service population were shared with the community health trust, and 19% with the mental health trust. The proportion of the social services population in contact with Criminal Justice and accident and emergency (A&E) was nearly twice that of the overall health authority population. The limitations of these data are examined and the potential of the method to inform inter-agency planning and shared care are discussed. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-051214209 A |
| Classmark | PF: I: L4A: QAJ: QK6: 3K |
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