Quality and innovations for caring hospitalized older persons in the unites States.
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.
Center for Senior Health and Longevity, Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee, WI, USA ; Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA.
Ji Won
JW
Yoo
Department of Public Health, College of Medicine, Yonsei University Seoul, Korea ; Institute of Health Services Research, College of Medicine, Yonsei University Seoul, Korea.
Sun Jung
SJ
Kim
Center for Senior Health and Longevity, Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Yan
Y
Geng
Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea.
Hyun Phil
HP
Shin
Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY. USA.
Shunichi
S
Nakagawa
Elderly; Health care quality; Health policy; Health services; Hospitalization