Integrated health care systems in Asia: an urgent necessity
| Autor: | Vicknesh Welluppillai, Sajita Setia, Tat Yean Tham, Thuy Linh Tran, Somjit Prueksaritanond, Josefina S Isidro |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Population ageing
Asia media_common.quotation_subject Population Collaborative Care Review 03 medical and health sciences primary care 0302 clinical medicine Health care medicine Dementia Electronic Health Records Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Registries Empowerment education Physician's Role Depression (differential diagnoses) media_common Demography education.field_of_study Primary Health Care business.industry Delivery of Health Care Integrated 030503 health policy & services Health Policy aging General Medicine medicine.disease Integrated care Chronic Disease Medical emergency Geriatrics and Gerontology 0305 other medical science business integrated health care Needs Assessment |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Interventions in Aging |
| ISSN: | 1178-1998 1176-9092 |
| Popis: | A rapidly aging population along with the increasing burden of patients with chronic conditions in Asia requires efficient health systems with integrated care. Although some efforts to integrate primary care and hospital care in Asia are underway, overall care delivery remains fragmented and diverse, eg, in terms of medical electronic record sharing and availability, patient registries, and empowerment of primary health care providers to handle chronic illnesses. The primary care sector requires more robust and effective initiatives targeted at specific diseases, particularly chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, depression, and dementia. This can be achieved through integrated care - a health care model of collaborative care provision. For successful implementation of integrated care policy, key stakeholders need a thorough understanding of the high-risk patient population and relevant resources to tackle the imminent population demographic shift due to the extremely rapid rate of increase in the aging population in Asia. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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