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The Quality of Medical Care Received by Older Persons
Author(s) -
Siu Albert L.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1987.tb04925.x
Subject(s) - medicine , scope (computer science) , ambulatory care , health care , quality (philosophy) , medical care , gerontology , ambulatory , population , medline , geriatrics , nursing homes , nursing , family medicine , medical emergency , environmental health , psychiatry , programming language , philosophy , epistemology , computer science , political science , law , economics , economic growth
This paper reviews studies published since 1970 on the quality of medical services received by older persons. Although many of the studies were flawed in design or limited in scope, they suggest that there are problems in the quality of care received by older persons in ambulatory, hospital, and nursing home settings. Changes in health care delivery and financing should attempt to improve, rather than merely maintain, the quality of medical and health services received by this vulnerable population.