Article
The Ambulatory Integration of the Medical and Social (AIMS) model: A retrospective evaluation
Social Work in Health Care
(2016)
Abstract
An exploratory, retrospective evaluation of Ambulatory Integration of the Medical and Social (AIMS), a care coordination model designed to integrate medical and non-medical needs of patients and delivered exclusively by social workers was conducted to examine mean utilization of costly health care services for older adult patients. Results reveal mean utilization of 30-day hospital readmissions, emergency department (ED) visits, and hospital admissions are significantly lower for the study sample compared to the larger patient population. Comparisons with national population statistics reveal significantly lower mean utilization of 30-day admissions and ED visits for the study sample. The findings offer preliminary support regarding the value of AIMS.
Keywords
- care coordination,
- health care utilization,
- primary care,
- social workers
Disciplines
Publication Date
April, 2016
DOI
10.1080/00981389.2016.1164269
Publisher Statement
This is the metadata for an article published by Taylor & Francis in the Social Work in Health Care Journal in April 2016, available online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00981389.2016.1164269
Citation Information
Rowe, J. M., Rizzo, V. M., Shier Kricke, G., Krajci, K., Rodriguez-Morales, G., Newman, M., & Golden, R. (2016). The Ambulatory Integration of the Medical and Social (AIMS) model: A retrospective evaluation. Social work in health care, 55(5), 347-361.