Longterm Care Needs and Their Impact on Healthcare Budgets The Role of Nurses in a Sustainable Care Model

Abstract

Population ageing is associated with a higher prevalence of chronic conditions which already accounts for most healthcare spending in many countries Rising demand for long term care has led to frequent “social hospitalization” in which older patients are admitted not for acute medical need but for lack of community based alternatives driving up hospitalizations emergency department visits and reimbursement pressure on public and private healthcare funds.