Factors associated with the use of case management services by adolescents and adults with traumatic brain injury.
Published: 2005
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
Description: Case management (CM) is a health service coordination mechanism which promotes a continuum of care following traumatic brain injury (TBI). This study examined the difference between two cohorts of users and non-users of CM, using a published framework for the prediction of service use. Three levels of factors (predisposing, need and enabling) were analysed using data from a province-wide TBI database. The study found that significant differences exist between user and non-user groups, and results revealed that age, prior education level, severity and levels of activity and community integration, as well as living arrangements and funding source are significantly associated with CM use. Older persons and persons living alone may not have parity of access to this health service, based on risk analysis. This study reveals preliminary data, pointing to the need for more detailed investigation regarding use of, and equity of access to, the CM component of the TBI continuum of care in the community.
Notes: Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 44-02, page: 0853.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Toronto, 2005.

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