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Sources of "Unreliability" in Multidisciplinary Team Assessment of the Elderly

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  • Catherine Hagan Hennessy

    (On Lok Senior Health Services, San Francisco)

  • John K.M. Shen

    (On Lok Senior Health Services, San Francisco)

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Assessment offunctional abilities is a key problem in providing and evaluating long-term health care for the elderly. This study examines reliability issues involved in these measurements performed by a multidisciplinary service team within a geriatric care program. Rater agreement is found to be affected by measurement constraints in the service delivery setting, work roles, and value differences among staff. Target areas for improving standardization of data collection by service providers are indicated.

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  • Catherine Hagan Hennessy & John K.M. Shen, 1986. "Sources of "Unreliability" in Multidisciplinary Team Assessment of the Elderly," Evaluation Review, , vol. 10(2), pages 178-192, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:evarev:v:10:y:1986:i:2:p:178-192
    DOI: 10.1177/0193841X8601000202
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    1. German, P.S., 1981. "Measuring functional disability in the older population," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 71(11), pages 1197-1199.
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