Healthcare Delivery System Analysis
Aging and Specific Healthcare Delivery Services
The healthcare system is bound to change completely as the number of the aging population continue to rise. Garza (2016) reports that the World Health Organization statics showed that in 2010 the number of people aged 65 years and above was 524 million across the world. It is estimated that by 2045 the number would be higher with the majority of the aged coming from the developed countries. In the United States. Between the years 2000 and 2050 there is an anticipated increase of the older people by 135% (Tilly & Wiener, 2002). Life expectancy has been going up over the years due to improved health care services. The increase in life expectancy is assign of improvements in the health sector. The …show more content…
Medical schools ought to adequately prepare the current generations for the future. Failure to make early preparations will result in the increase in the number of disability cases. Hospitals in the United States ought to prepare on how to deal with the aging population. There is likely to be a shortage of resource and workforce if correct measures are not taken as early as now. Drastic changes in the healthcare sector would prevent an occurrence of a crisis. Health institutions should adopt to new technologies that would help in management of services and operations. Healthcare workers as well ought to be …show more content…
(2016, January 19). The Aging Population: The Increasing Effects on Health Care. Retrieved from http://www.pharmacytimes.com/publications/issue/2016/january2016/the-aging-population-the-increasing-effects-on-health-care
Gigante, S. (2016, July 12). How Boomers Will Impact the Health Care Industry. Retrieved from https://www.cnbc.com/id/35524106
Tilly, J., & Wiener, J. M. (2002, August 1). Population ageing in the United States of America: implications for public programmes | International Journal of Epidemiology | Oxford Academic. Retrieved from
The healthcare system is bound to change completely as the number of the aging population continue to rise. Garza (2016) reports that the World Health Organization statics showed that in 2010 the number of people aged 65 years and above was 524 million across the world. It is estimated that by 2045 the number would be higher with the majority of the aged coming from the developed countries. In the United States. Between the years 2000 and 2050 there is an anticipated increase of the older people by 135% (Tilly & Wiener, 2002). Life expectancy has been going up over the years due to improved health care services. The increase in life expectancy is assign of improvements in the health sector. The …show more content…
Medical schools ought to adequately prepare the current generations for the future. Failure to make early preparations will result in the increase in the number of disability cases. Hospitals in the United States ought to prepare on how to deal with the aging population. There is likely to be a shortage of resource and workforce if correct measures are not taken as early as now. Drastic changes in the healthcare sector would prevent an occurrence of a crisis. Health institutions should adopt to new technologies that would help in management of services and operations. Healthcare workers as well ought to be …show more content…
(2016, January 19). The Aging Population: The Increasing Effects on Health Care. Retrieved from http://www.pharmacytimes.com/publications/issue/2016/january2016/the-aging-population-the-increasing-effects-on-health-care
Gigante, S. (2016, July 12). How Boomers Will Impact the Health Care Industry. Retrieved from https://www.cnbc.com/id/35524106
Tilly, J., & Wiener, J. M. (2002, August 1). Population ageing in the United States of America: implications for public programmes | International Journal of Epidemiology | Oxford Academic. Retrieved from