Funding and policies affecting geriatric rehabilitation.
Policy makers and practitioners are increasingly acknowledging the need to shift health care expenditures toward cost-effective strategies that reduce disability and dependency in older persons. That need is driven by current research on disability and population aging, disability interventions, and the inadequacy of the existing service delivery system for chronic care needs. How disability and dependency should be reduced most effectively and efficiently is a critical yet unanswered policy question.
Torres-Gil
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University of California, School of Social Welfare, Los Angeles.
Wray
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LA
D000368:Aged; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D006291:Health Policy / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000639:trends; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006302:Health Services Research; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D011057:Politics; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States