Is Individual-Centered Approach Possible in Elderly Emergency Care?

The individual mandate and patient-centered care.

ONE YEAR AFTER THE HISTORIC PASSAGE OF THE AFfordable Care Act (ACA), the individual mandate is subject to ongoing scrutiny both by the federal courts and Congress. This provision of the ACA would require most individuals to purchase health insurance, and recent attention has focused on the important legal issues associated with such a mandate. However, far less attention has been devoted to th...

Pediatric emergency mass critical care: focus on family-centered care.

INTRODUCTION Pediatric emergency mass critical care during disasters requires modifications to standard healthcare operations. Modification of standards for pediatric emergency mass critical care should include incorporation of family-centered care principles. Family-centered care, which is an integral aspect of current pediatric practice, encourages active participation of the child's family i...

Implementing Precision Health Care Program at Hospitals in Indonesia. Is It Possible?

Background: A precision health care approach is needed in the context of the healthcare system, especially as an effort to improve the self-management activities of diabetes patients. Thus, the purpose of this study was to explore the perception of the possibility of implementing a precision health care program in hospitals through interviews with policymakers and health professionals. Methods...

To What Extent Is Long-term Care Representative of Elderly Care? A Case Study of Elderly Care Financing in Lombardy, Italy

The ageing of European population has been rapidly increasing during the last decades, and the problem of elderly care financing has become an issue for policy-makers. Long-term care (LTC) financing is considered a suitable proxy of the resources committed to elderly care by each government, but the preciseness of this approximation depends on the extent to which LTC is representative of elderl...

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