Emerging Infectious Diseases. marc-april 2001; 7(2): p.170-173
Autor:

William R. Jarvis
Hospital Infections Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Abstract:

In the past, health care was delivered mainly in acute-care facilities. Today, health care is delivered in hospital, outpatient, transitional care, long-term care, rehabilitative care, home, and private office settings. Measures to reduce health-care costs include decreasing the number of hospitals and the length of patient stays, increasing outpatient and home care, and increasing long-term care for the elderly. The home-care industry and managed care have become major providers of health care. The role of specialists in healthcare
epidemiology has changed accordingly.
Jarvis, W.R.