Parker M, Heiss D W, Harris M J
LinkAge, Minneapolis, MN.
Healthc Financ Manage. 1993 Oct;47(10):22-4, 26.
Healthcare costs for the elderly are rising rapidly in the United States. One way for a hospital to control these rising costs is to implement a geriatric care management system. The goal of a such a system is to change the way the hospital treats medically complex Medicare patients and, thus, reduce unnecessary hospital costs. Such a system requires a process for identifying elderly patients in need of geriatric care management services, treating them efficiently, and assessing the system itself. An effective process usually results in significant cost savings for the hospital as well as improved patient care and satisfaction.
在美国，老年人的医疗保健费用正在迅速上涨。医院控制这些不断上涨的费用的一种方法是实施老年护理管理系统。这样一个系统的目标是改变医院治疗病情复杂的医疗保险患者的方式，从而减少不必要的医院费用。这样一个系统需要一个流程来识别需要老年护理管理服务的老年患者，有效地治疗他们，并对系统本身进行评估。一个有效的流程通常会为医院带来显著的成本节约，同时改善患者护理和满意度。
