The ageing of population as a factor of configuration of demand for hospital care in the Greek region. The case of Kalamata΄s General Hospital
Abstract
The present paper examines the quantitative
characteristics of the burden that a local
hospital (General Hospital of Kalamata)
bears as a result of the ageing of the local
population (Messenia pre- fecture), taking
into thorough consideration the excessive
demand for hospital care services required
by the aged. The analysis is based on primary
data of patient flow of the General Hospital
of Kalamata during the period 1991-2009.
The findings show that there are explicit
indica- tions of “hospitalization of the aged’’,
while the extent of burden that the hospital
system bears from the ageing population of
the Messenia prefe-cture depends on the
measures used for identify- ing the demand.
At any rate, in the present case, it seems
that the relationship existing between the
ageing population and hospital care services
is at a part, a matter of modernization and
reformation of the “mix” of care offered to
the aged by the local health care system.
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Droumbalis, F. (2016). The ageing of population as a factor of configuration of demand for hospital care in the Greek region. The case of Kalamata΄s General Hospital. Social Cohesion and Development, 7(2), 133–146. https://doi.org/10.12681/scad.8981
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