Basic Search

Simply enter your search terms to conduct a basic search. AND is the default operator.

To search using AND,OR, and NOT, input your search terms separated by the conditions.
AND to connect different concepts and narrow your search. Elderly AND Medicare
OR to connect similar concepts and broaden your search. Therapy OR Treatment
NOTto exclude terms from a search. Therapy NOT Surgery.


A Print and Export function becomes available after you perform your search.

The database includes reviewed studies and unreviewed abstracts relevant to the following topics:

Social Work Intervention Effectiveness
Outcomes of Care Coordination for Older Adults

Search For >				Search In >		Reviewed Articles Unreviewed Articles Both Types

Advanced Search

A Print and Export function becomes available after you perform your search.

The database includes ONLY reviewed studies relevant to the following topics:

Social Work Intervention Effectiveness
Outcomes of Care Coordination for Older Adults

	Search Term	Field to Search
	any of these all of these as a phrase	Keyword Journal Title Article Title Author (last name) [?]
AND OR NOT [?]	any of these all of these as a phrase	Keyword Journal Title Article Title Author (last name)
AND OR NOT	any of these all of these as a phrase	Keyword Journal Title Article Title Author (last name)
Publication Year	from   to
Research Design	Synthesis Experimental Non-Experimental
AND Topics Please hold ctrl key to select multiple Other Abuse/violence/neglect Adjustment to dialysis Adolescent services/health Aging Alzheimer's disease/dementia Benefits and personal finance Care coordination Caregiver stress/burden Case management/care management Child welfare/children's services Chronic illnesses Classification system for social work interventions Community development/organization Cost effectiveness Counseling/psychotherapy/psychosocial services Criminal justice Crisis intervention Cultural competence Death and dying Disabilities Discharge planning/transitions between care settings Educational issue Employment/workforce/staffing Evidence based practice Family/informal/unpaid caregiving Gay/lesbian issues Government and social policy Grandparents Health and healthcare Health insurance/managed care Healthcare professions (medicine, nursing, OT, PT) HIV/AIDS Home and community based services Hospice Housing and environment Identification of research priorities Immigrants/immigration Instrumentation/tool development/measurement Interdisciplinary relationships/collaboration International approaches to population aging Long-term care Managed care Management and organizational development Medicaid Medical insurance Medical/clinical treatments/interventions Medicare Mental health Methods Needs assessment Non-professional providers (aides, assistants) Outcomes-based measurement Palliative care Patient and family education Patient-provider communication Poor/vulnerable populations Primary care Program description Program development Program evaluation Public health Public policy Quality improvement/TQM Referrals Regulatory/legal issue Rehabilitation Research Research agenda Research capacity Respite care Risk assessment Risk management School social work Social services Social work practice patterns Social work profession Social work research Staff development Substance abuse/alcohol abuse Utilization of services
AND Individual Outcomes Please hold ctrl key to select multiple Composite measure of outcome and time Experience in hospitals, prisons, other facilities/programs - Admissions/recidivism Experience in hospitals, prisons, other facilities/programs - Length of stay Experience in hospitals, prisons, other facilities/programs - Other Health related quality of life measure (HRQL) - Experiences with care Health related quality of life measure (HRQL) - Functional measures Health related quality of life measure (HRQL) - Symptoms (e.g., difficulty breathing) Mental health outcomes Mortality Not applicable Other Other health-related outcomes Physiologic measure - Medication adherence/compliance to treatment plan Physiologic measure - Physical health/medical outcomes Risk factors/assessment/screening Service utilization/access to care
AND Program Outcomes Please hold ctrl key to select multiple Development of service or program, practice standard, guidelines, protocols, or pathways Effectiveness Efficacy Efficiency - Cost analysis Efficiency - Cost effectiveness Equity Inter-professional collaboration (e.g., improved communication systems) Not applicable Other Quality Quality of care Service system related barriers to care Staff satisfaction Utilization of EBP/ systematic review findings in practice/service settings
AND Other Outcomes Please hold ctrl key to select multiple Assessment/screening Caregiver mental health Client satisfaction Cost effectiveness Delayed institutionalization/reduced recidivism to hospital or other facility Development of standardized tool, instrument, or measure Economic analysis (other than cost effectiveness) Evaluation of quantitative studies Family/caregiver empowerment Identification of research priorities Impact of Carers' Act on delivery level Improved bilingual and ethnic sensitive services Improved caregiver perception of communication Improved employment Improved foster care placement and stability Improved functional ability Improved medical/clinical outcome (infection, skin breakdown, falls, et cetera) Improved or reduced barriers to access to care Improved safety Improved service utilization Improved student school performance Increased knowledge of geriatrics/gerontology Medication or treatment adherence/compliance Not applicable (not research) Patient descision-making Policy/agenda development Professional knowledge of research and evidence based practice Psycho-social outcome (such as reduced stress, increased coping skills) Quality of life Reduced length of stay Social work practice patterns System efficiency Utilization of services Violence reduction
AND Institutional Service Settings Please hold ctrl key to select multiple Acute care hospital/medical center Assisted living Board and care home/residential care facilities or group home Congregate housing Correctional facility Dementia special care unit Educational institution Hospice or palliative care Not applicable Nursing home/skilled nursing facility Other Rehabilitation facility
AND Community Service Settings Please hold ctrl key to select multiple Adult day care center Adult family care Adult foster care Area agency on aging (AAA)/social service/health planning agency Civic assocation Community health center Community mental health center Faith-based organization Geriatric care management Not applicable Other Own home Retirement community center/senior residential community/continuing care retirement community Senior center Senior housing with services (e.g., NORCs, independent living, programs, et cetera) Social service agencies/multi-service agencies/department of social welfare Substance abuse network Workplace
AND Other Service Settings Please hold ctrl key to select multiple College/university Community based facility/clinic Community based social services agency Government agency Home Hospice Hospital/hospital unit or department Long term care facility (assisted living, nursing home, et cetera) Multi-setting Multi-site No data collected Not a service setting Other Physician/provider office School (pre-school through high school) Veterans Administration
AND Geography  Any  U.S.  International AND Populations Age (leave blank to include any age groups) Children (0-19) Adults (20-64) Older adults (65+) Families Single study includes multiple groups AND Gender (leave blank to include any genders) Male Female Both (a single study includes both genders)

Scoping Search

Overview:

The scoping search feature allows an exploration of the distribution of each of the variables in the database. The results of a scoping search can inform users of the database about what research is currently available, or conversely, what research might need to be undertaken.

Additionally, this method of investigation allows for either a narrow or broad examination, by user selected variables, of the range of published studies that were captured from 1985 to the present. This can result in rapidly producing a report of existing literature based upon captured content such as research design, outcomes, service settings, and demographics.

The text in the methodologies tab defines the inclusion criteria for each topic along with the records of the search strings, search dates, and a list of the variables that were extracted in the review process.

How to use this search feature: A search can be performed by selecting any 2 of the close-ended variables that were coded in the review of each study.

1. Select one variable each for the Row and the Column.
2. Submit the query.
3. The results will display in a table.
4. Select any of the cross-referenced results.
5. A list of the studies with the criteria you selected will be displayed.

For example of the above procedure, please click here.

ROW	COLUMN
Topics Sampling Method Age Gender Ethnic Group Recruitment Strategy Research Methods Methods of assignment to intervention groups           Countries where the sample was studied Service Setting - Institution Community Was a standardized measure used? Individual outcomes Program outcomes Common interventions Clinical interventions Who performed the intervention? Random sequence generation Allocation Concealement Implementation Blind Masking Participant flow specified Periods of recruitment and follow-up Adverse events	Topics Sampling Method Age Gender Ethnic Group Recruitment Strategy Research Methods Methods of assignment to intervention groups           Countries where the sample was studied Service Setting - Institution Community Was a standardized measure used? Individual outcomes Program outcomes Common interventions Clinical interventions Who performed the intervention? Random sequence generation Allocation Concealement Implementation Blind Masking Participant flow specified Periods of recruitment and follow-up Adverse events

Grey Literature

Additional internal resources:

Grey Literature
NYAM Grey Literature Report
The Grey Literature Report is a bimonthly publication of The New York Academy of Medicine Library alerting readers to new grey literature publications in health services research and selected public health topics.
http://www.nyam.org/library/pages/grey_literature_report

Offsite web-links for additional resources:

Grey Literature
GreySource
A Selection of Web-based Resources in Grey Literature
http://www.greynet.org/greysourceindex.html

Abstracts
DARE (Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects)
Contains over 5000 abstracts of quality assessed and critically appraised systematic reviews. The database focuses on the effects of interventions used in health and social care.
http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/crdweb/Home.aspx?SessionID=&SearchID=&E=0&D=0&H=0&SearchFor=

Theses and Dissertations
The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)
This is an international organization dedicated to promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination and preservation of electronic analogues to the traditional paper-based theses and dissertations.
http://www.ndltd.org/