Patient assessment, an essential tool in placement and planning of care.

Abstract

THE importance of assessing patients' needs has been receiving increasing attention in recent years within the spectrum of health services. On January 12 and 13, 1965, an ad hoc conference on patient evaluation was held in Warrenton, Va., sponsored by the Public Health Service's Division of Chronic Diseases. The 25 experts participating in the discussion (representing universities, care service programs, State and local health departments, and the Federal Govern-