PRIMARY-CARE FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES - AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROBLEM

Authors
Citation
G. Dejong, PRIMARY-CARE FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES - AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROBLEM, American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation, 76(3), 1997, pp. 2-8
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Rehabilitation
ISSN journal
08949115
Volume
76
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Supplement
S
Pages
2 - 8
Database
ISI
SICI code
0894-9115(1997)76:3<2:PFPWD->2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
This article outlines the ongoing health care needs of people with dis abilities and how organized health care, particularly primary care, of ten fails to address these needs in a timely fashion, The article's ce ntral argument is that managed care and the ferment present in health care today present enormous opportunities for rehabilitation providers acid others to develop creative solutions to address the shortcomings of the present health care system.