HLST 2020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Publicly Funded Health Care, Long-Term Care
4 Aug 2016
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Increasing value for money in the canadian healthcare system: new findings and the case for integrated care for seniors. Better value for money in our healthcare system by adopting models of integrated care delivery for seniors and others with ongoing care needs. Weissert et al. concluded that their analysis indicated that home- and community-based long-term care services usually raised overall healthcare service use and costs. Home care can be cost-effective it needs to be embedded within an integrated system of care that includes both home care and facility care. Delivery systems would typically have a single administrative structure and a single funding envelope. Integrated systems with these characteristics allow for cost-effective trade-offs between home care and facility care such that people can be cared for, at a similar or higher quality of care, in the lowest-cost type of care. This can significantly increase overall effectiveness and value for money for services for seniors, and for the overall healthcare system.
