Editorial Office, Health Economics and Outcome Research, Brussels, Belgium
Opinion
Polypharmacy and Socioeconomic Status in the Older Population
Author(s): Edward Cash*
The bsclinical tract management of multi-morbidity in the elderly population has received more attention, however it can be difficult to establish an acceptable paradigm that addresses the socioeconomic load and risk for polypharmacy. The necessity for institutional change and the concomitant need to address the social causes of ill health have both been explored by the Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH). The CARE (Connecting, Assessing, Responding, and Empowering) strategy was used in this study to examine three potential interventions, namely relevant information from Electronic Health Records (EHR), social prescribing, and redistributive welfare policies, from a person-centered perspective. Direct taxation and conditional cash transfers, two economic tools that directly redistribute state welfare and lessen income inequality, could be implemented to give elderly ind.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2471-268X.22.8.11.1
