Capitman J A, Prottas J, MacAdam M, Leutz W, Westwater D, Yee D L
Health Care Financ Rev. 1988 Dec;Spec No(Suppl):17-25.
Changes in demographics and in the operating environments of acute care hospitals have resulted in the development of new geriatric service products. Presented in this article is a framework for describing the variety of new services in terms of sponsor goals and core activities. Five broad types of geriatric service developments are described: geriatric medical care, post-acute care, transition management, chronic care, and information services. Assessing the implications of new services for the organizational functioning of hospitals is discussed, followed by an examination of the potential contributions of new geriatric services to the quality and accessibility of geriatric care.
人口结构的变化以及急症医院运营环境的改变催生了新的老年服务产品。本文提出了一个框架，用于根据发起者目标和核心活动来描述各类新服务。文中描述了老年服务发展的五种主要类型：老年医疗护理、急性后期护理、过渡管理、慢性病护理和信息服务。讨论了评估新服务对医院组织功能的影响，随后考察了新老年服务对老年护理质量和可及性的潜在贡献。
