Quality and Innovations for Caring Hospitalized Older Persons in the Unites States

Overview

Journal Aging Dis

Specialty Geriatrics

Date 2014 Feb 4

PMID 24490116

Citations 2

Authors

Ji Won Yoo

Sun Jung Kim

Yan Geng

Hyun Phil Shin

Shunichi Nakagawa

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Abstract

Older persons are occasionally acutely ill and their hospitalizations frequently end up with complications and adverse outcomes. Medicare from U.S. federal government's payment resource for older persons is facing financial strain. Medicare highlights both cost-saving and high quality of care while older persons are hospitalized. Several health policy changes were initiated to achieve Medicare's goals. In response to Medicare's health policy changes, U.S. hospital environments have been changed and these resulted in hospital quality measurements' improvement. American seniors are facing the challenges during and around their hospital care. Several innovative measures are suggested to overcome these challenges.

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