Hospitals were initially for the poor, however they have evolved as the center of the system with primary technology and have became a highly specialized hub for an assortment of health care activities that reach outside of its brick and mortar to encompass the community, affiliating with other institutions/providers thus providing complex care to critically ill along with an array of outpatient services (Williams & Torrens, 2008). The heart of the hospital services is to provide acute care but provide ambulatory care thereby providing services with a complex base of patient care, higher acuity and higher cost (Williams & Torrens, 2008). Most hospital’s are either for-profit (focusing on operating efficiency at the expense of quality care)
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The U.S. department of Health and Human Services reports that 70 percent of the population above age 65 will require some form of long-term care within the next three years and although there are a wide range of delivery models but without finances to cover the cost, most will end up with low quality services (The Dollars and sense…care, 2015). However the heart of long-term care is its goal to provide health and related support to foster independent, achieve cost-effectiveness by maximizing resources and enhance quality through appropriate and continuity of care our of the 60 distinct service modes (Williams & Torrens, 2008). Also, as the baby boomers age there will be an increasing need for long-term care and although most private health insurance modes do not cover or offer limited for rehabilitative or restorative long-term care it fails to recognize chronic conditions and long term care therefore more individuals will have to utilize a self-serve service at their own expense (Kozol, 2013). As a result, long-term care is unlike a hospital that treats acute issues but works to help the patient achieve independence or treatment outside of a hospital that is tailored to the individual’s circumstance, age, gender, culture and image/identify (Williams & Torrens,
The U.S. department of Health and Human Services reports that 70 percent of the population above age 65 will require some form of long-term care within the next three years and although there are a wide range of delivery models but without finances to cover the cost, most will end up with low quality services (The Dollars and sense…care, 2015). However the heart of long-term care is its goal to provide health and related support to foster independent, achieve cost-effectiveness by maximizing resources and enhance quality through appropriate and continuity of care our of the 60 distinct service modes (Williams & Torrens, 2008). Also, as the baby boomers age there will be an increasing need for long-term care and although most private health insurance modes do not cover or offer limited for rehabilitative or restorative long-term care it fails to recognize chronic conditions and long term care therefore more individuals will have to utilize a self-serve service at their own expense (Kozol, 2013). As a result, long-term care is unlike a hospital that treats acute issues but works to help the patient achieve independence or treatment outside of a hospital that is tailored to the individual’s circumstance, age, gender, culture and image/identify (Williams & Torrens,