title: Incentives work against proper elder care. The health care system encourages a reaction to episodes that is both costly and inefficient.
authors: Geriatric Medicine, Hackensack University Medical Center, USA.
authors: R Knight
authors: RK
authors: Steel
mesh_terms: 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