Future shortage in healthcare workers effects availability hospital care negatively
Description:
The upcoming shortage of (para-)medical professionals will lead to a restricted availability of hospital care. This can e.g. lead to ‘post-code healthcare’ (redistribution of care to those who can affort it) or to an evenly distributed shortage
Enablers:
• The increasing number of medical specialists that are working part-time
• Increasing demand for specialistic diagnosis/care
• Backlog in investments in hospitals
• Higher demands for quality hospital care
Inhibitors:
- Awareness
- A renewed respect for the aging stage of the lifecycle
Paradigms:
Respect for Elderly versus Youth
Experts:
Timing:
Web Resources:
- World Report on violence and death - Chapter 5 - Abuse of the elderly. http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/violence/global_campaign/en/chap5.pdf