Enhancing Primary Care of Elderly People

This important work offers the first detailed analysis of recent changes in health care for the elderly. The contributors examine primary care in urban, suburban, and rural settings and show what makes each of these successful care-providers.

F. Ellen Netting, Frank G. Williams

Introduction, Bradford L. Kirkman-Liff; Chapter 1 An Overview of Primary Care and the Generalist Physician Initiative, Mark A. Sager, Frank G. Williams, F. Ellen Netting; Chapter 2 Complementary Geriatric Practice Model, Nancy A. Whitelaw, Mary Beth Tupper, Alice Early, Phyllis Collier; Chapter 3 Collaborative Care Teams, Cheryl Schraeder, Paul Shelton, Teri Britt, Robert Turngren, Ida Nagele; Chapter 4 Advanced Practice Nurses as System-Wide Case Managers for Internists, Linda J. Battaglini, A. Judith Czerenda; Chapter 5 A Collaborative Model with Nurse Practitioners and Social Workers, Gloria B. Weinberg; Chapter 6 Physician Assistants in Urban Neighborhood Health Centers, Philip A. Anderson, Richard H. Fortinsky, C. Seth Landefeld; Chapter 7 Primary Care Physician, Nurse, and Social Work Collaboration in the Care of Community-Dwelling, Chronically Ill Elders, Lucia Sommers, Janeane Randolph; Chapter 8 An Effective Managed Care Strategy: Case Managers in Partnership with Primary Care Physicians, Lynne Anker-Unnever; Chapter 9 Cost-Effective Care Coordination in the Rural Physician's Office, Carlton A. Hornung, Bernice Brewer, Millicent Stein*We would like to thank Dr. G. Paul Eleazer, Michael D. Byrd, Dr. R. Bradford Whitney, and Dr. Thomas E. Brown Jr. for helpful comments and suggestions.; Chapter 10 How Understanding the "Patient's World" Can Improve Geriatric Care in Physicians' Busy Practice Settings, John H. Wasson, Anne M. Jette; Chapter 11 The Physician and Care Coordinator: A Chronic Care Partnership, Sue Shearer, W. June Simmons, Barbara Berkman, Gladys Gundrum, Monika White; Chapter 12 Lessons Learned Across Sites, Frank G. Williams, Bradford L. Kirkman-Liff, F. Ellen Netting;