The rising proportion of aged and chronically ill individuals is exerting serious pressure on present apparatus, which were not made to support long term dependents. This situation makes present systems more wasteful and expensive. Yet it also presents more chances for entrepreneurship, employment and developments in the standard of care.
This article identifies best practices in direction and the organization of care services for long-term patients and aged folks, predicated on an on-going transatlantic research project spearheaded by IESE. Instead, it demands solutions that are complete. They urge five essential areas where efforts have to be focused: developing better professional profiles, creating legitimate jobs, using indicators that are valid and open, requiring an integrated strategy and involving everyone to make the overall system more efficient and better.
PUBLICATION DATE: June 15, 2012 PRODUCT #: IIR077-HCB-ENG
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