Children

Ingrid Wolfe ()
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Ingrid Wolfe: Public Health, King’s College London

Chapter 21 in Handbook Integrated Care, 2017, pp 353-367 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The epidemiological transition towards chronic conditions applies to children just as it does to adults and the elderly. Health systems need to adapt to provide more and better quality planned care, health promotion, disease prevention, and health policies that address the upstream determinants of chronic disease. Yet countries struggle to shift the focus of healthcare away from acute and urgent reactive care, so the hospital-centric health model continues to dominate. A wide variety of government and non-governmental strategies are focused on developing integrated care services as a way for health systems to adapt to meet current and evolving needs more effectively and efficiently. However, the majority of these initiatives are tailored to the needs of adults or the elderly, with scarce consideration for the distinct needs of children and young people.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-56103-5_21

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