| Автор | Rudolph, Claire S. |
| Дата выпуска | 1979 |
| dc.description | An accurate evaluation ofthe effectiveness of social services requires that the unit of output be clearly defined. The problem, which has never really been solved, has become more important with the passage of Title XX of the Social Security Act. The Title XX Amendments to the Social Security Act decentralize planning for social services to state and local governments. Title XX goals do not easily translate into measures of achievement. This paper describes a standardized framework that discriminates among the elements of service output. Data on the services provided by one social service agency are used to support the feasibility of proposed frameworks. The concept of a unit of service output was used in this study for the purpose of developing standardized categories to measure service provision. Two measures of service activity were developed: One measures service intensity, and the other relates to consumers' need for and utilization of services. The study was conducted at a local social service district in an urbanized county of 400,000. The sample of cases consisted of 120 new applicants accepted for public ossistance during the first 3 months of 1964. A retrospective longitudinal analysis of services provided was performed. All components of service provided to each sample care during the period of 1964-19 71 were coded from agency records in units of service output. |
| Формат | application.pdf |
| Издатель | Taylor & Francis Group |
| Копирайт | Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC |
| Название | A Preliminary Approach to Defining Social Service Outputs for Auditing Service Distribution |
| Тип | research-article |
| DOI | 10.1300/J079v02n02_04 |
| Electronic ISSN | 1540-7314 |
| Print ISSN | 0148-8376 |
| Журнал | Journal of Social Service Research |
| Том | 2 |
| Первая страница | 199 |
| Последняя страница | 217 |
| Аффилиация | Rudolph, Claire S.; Professor, School of Social Work, and Associate Director, Health Studies Program, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 13210 |
| Выпуск | 2 |
