ArticleHealth & social work2016
A Population Health Approach to Clinical Social Work with Complex Patients in Primary Care.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Role of Social Work for Emergency Medical Services (EMS): A Systematic Review.Prehospital and disaster medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Health Outcomes and Costs of Social Work Services: A Systematic Review.American journal of public health · 2017Pooled it
- Clinical and economic outcomes of multidisciplinary team members in primary care: a scoping review.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Screening in Primary Care Settings for Adults: A Systematic Review.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2025Article
- Research on the quality hospice care of elderly cancer patients in China under social work intervention.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2020Article
- Can Routine Use of Patient-Reported Outcomes Help Guide Systemic Sclerosis Chronic Disease Care?Journal of clinical rheumatology : practical reports on rheumatic & musculoskeletal diseases · 2018Article
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Abstract
Chronic diseases disproportionately occur among people from disadvantaged backgrounds. These backgrounds correlate with poor health in adulthood. Capacity for patients' to collaborate in their care tends to be lower than among other patients, leading to inefficient uses in medical services and higher risk of adverse events. In the course of this study, social workers engaged patients with increased inpatient and emergency department (ED) use and barriers to self-management, and evaluated them for lifetime exposure to material disadvantage and violence. Intervention focused on creating a primary care team that improved patients' self-efficacy, increased locus of control, and improved capacity for engagement. Results include a 49 percent decrease in admissions and a 5 percent decrease in ED utilization with significant cost savings. Authors recommend further study to analyze social, clinical, and financial risk in a larger sample, which may yield information about a health care provider's most at-risk patients for early targeted intervention.
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