Integrated Community-Based Health and Social Care Interventions for Older People: A Key Policy Priority for All Countries; Comment on “The Effect of Integrated Care After Discharge From Hospitals on Outcomes Among Korean Older Adults”
نویسندگان
1 School of Healthcare and Nursing Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
doi
10.34172/ijhpm.9057چکیده
This paper situates Choi and Yoo’s study within broader sets of policy challenges related to rapid increases in numbers of older people in need of long-term care (LTC). These challenges include a need to fundamentally transform health services and to develop fully integrated systems of health and LTC for older people. The paper argues that Korea’s Integrated Pilot Project (IPP) is a key step in this direction, along with similar interventions in Thailand and Brazil. Choi and Yoo’s study adds to a wider body of evidence that these interventions enhance health system efficiency at the same time as improving the lives of older people and their family caregivers.
