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Equity in Health Services for Ageing
2021Health services play one of the important roles in achieving equity in health. In the absence of equity awareness, health services searching for practice excellence will themselves inadvertently be causing health inequity rather than closing the gap. The elderly are increasingly occupying considerable capacities of health services to all.
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Age and gender differences in health services utilization
Research in Nursing & Health, 1996The purpose of this study was to examine the health service utilization patterns of elderly male and female enrollees of a large urban staff model Health Maintenance Organization (HMO). This HMO offered a wide spectrum of managed care services for its beneficiaries. A cross-sectional design was employed.
J F, Murphy, J T, Hepworth
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Ageing and the Cost of Health Services
2017There have been a number of estimates of the impact of ageing upon the cost of health services in Australia. The broad methodology adopted has been similar in each of these and similar to the methods used in other countries. Current or projected expenditures for each age sex cohort are multiplied by the projected population in each cohort at future ...
Richardson, Jeff, Robertson, Iain
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Towards age-friendly hospitals and health services
Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 2009In this paper, we reviewed rationale for an age-friendly hospital (or health service) and propose our framework in detail. In a rapidly aging society, development of policies and programs to optimize people's wellbeing and function as they age is an urgent issue. Most older persons extensively use health care.
Shu-Ti, Chiou, Liang-Kung, Chen
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An assessment of the Thai government’s health services for the aged
Asia-Pacific Population Journal, 2000In 1998 the Health System Research Institute of Thailand conducted a comprehensive review of the health services available to elderly people. As part of this review data were gathered based on the services provided in public facilities. Four methods of data gathering were used; namely 1) interviews with policy-makers and implementers 2) surveys of ...
P, Kamnuansilpa +3 more
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Healthy ageing: the role of health care services
Perspectives in Public Health, 2012The implications of the imminent surge in population ageing for the work of health care services in high-income countries remain unclear. It is widely expected, however, that the prevention and management of chronic disease will increasingly dominate their workload, and that this is likely to require a major shift in the way that care is delivered ...
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An aged persons mental health service in remote Victoria
Australasian Psychiatry, 2006Objective: To describe an aged persons mental health service in the Sunraysia district in remote Victoria. Conclusion: The aged persons mental health community team undertakes the bulk of the service's work. The data for 2 years are presented and demonstrate how effective the team is.
Kuruvilla, George, Leesa, Bradshaw
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Services for the aged in community mental health centers
American Journal of Psychiatry, 1976The author studied the services provided for the elderly at eight community mental health centers. He describes discrimination against the elderly, the reasons why relatively few elderly persons seek care, and innovations in treatment. He discovered that high-quality care depends more on staff awareness of the unique problems of the elderly than on ...
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Health services for the aged in Sub-Saharan Africa
Social Science & Medicine, 1990This paper addresses itself to the problems faced by the aged with regards to the use and availability of health services in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The paper maintained that the development of a sound public policy on ageing in SSA requires two types of knowledge; an understanding of what consequences will follow from a particular course of action ...
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We need a model of health and aged care services that adequately supports Australians with dementia
Medical Journal of Australia, 2021Kate Swaffer +2 more
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