Incentives work against proper elder care. The health care system encourages a reaction to episodes that is both costly and inefficient.
Steel
R Knight
RK
Geriatric Medicine, Hackensack University Medical Center, USA.
D000368:Aged; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D014481:United States