309.607.01 INNOVATIONS IN HEALTH CARE FOR AGING POPULATIONS

Acquaints students with the nature of the health care received by older Americans at home and in hospitals, nursing homes, emergency departments, rehabilitation facilities, and outpatient offices. Presents successful and promising innovations in the health care of older people. Provides students with available evidence about the costs and effectiveness of these innovations.

To describe the nature of health care received by older Americans in hospitals, nursing homes, emergency departments, rehabilitation facilities, outpatient offices and at home. -To discuss the nature of successful and promising innovations in the health care of older people. - To appraise the available evidence on the costs and the effectiveness of these innovations. - To identify how innovations are affected by public policies, organizational characteristics, provider incentives and interests, and patient behaviors and expectations.