TAILIEUCHUNG - Research and Library Services Division Provisional Legislative Council Secretariat

Herbert Simon’s work on bounded rationality has had little impact on health policy discourse, despite numerous supportive findings. This is particularly sur- prising in regard to the elderly, a group marked by a decline in higher cognitive functions. Elders’ cognitive capacity to make decisions will be challenged even further with the introduction of the new Medicare prescription drug benefit program, mainly because of the many options available. At the same time, a growing body of evidence points to the perils of having too many choices. By combining research fromdecision science, economics, and psychology, we high- light the potential problems with the expanding health insurance choices facing the elderly and. | RP02 PLC Health Care for Elderly People 25 October 1997 Prepared by Miss Eva LIU Miss Elyssa WONG Research and Library Services Division Provisional Legislative Council Secretariat 5th Floor Citibank Tower 3 Garden Road Central Hong Kong Telephone 852 2869 7735 Facsimile 852 2525 0990 CONTENTS Page Acknowledgements Executive Summary Part 1 - Introduction 1 Background 1 Objective and Scope 1 Methodology 2 Part 2 - Policy Development 3 Background 3 Policy Development 3 1960-70 3 1970-90 3 Part 3 - Characteristics of the Elderly Population 5 Introduction 5 Definition of the Elderly Population 5 Size of the Elderly Population 5 Life Expectancy 10 Dependency Ratio 10 Health Conditions of the Elderly Population 11 Chronic Illness 12 Visual Impairment 13 Physical Disability 14 Mental Disability 15 Multiple Diseases or Disabilities 15 Living Arrangement of Elderly People 16 Financial Conditions of Elderly People 18 Summary of the Characteristics of the Elderly Population 20 The Provisional Legislative Council Secretariat welcomes the re-publication in part or in whole of this research report and also its translation other languages. Material may be reproduced freely for non-commercial purposes provided acknowledgment is made to The Research and Library Services Division of the Provisional Legislative Council Secretariat as the source and one copy of the reproduction is sent to the Provisional Legislative Council Library. Part 4 - Primary Health Care for Elderly People 21 Primary Health Care 21 Preventive and Promotive Services 21 Oral Health Care 23 Curative Services 25 Rehabilitative Care 28 Discussion 31 Part 5 - Secondary and Tertiary Health Care for Elderly People 33 Introduction 33 Geriatric Beds of Hospitals 33 In-patient Services of Hospitals 34 Specialist Out-patient Services 35 Geriatric Specialist Out-Patient SOP and Geriatric Day Hospital Attendance 36 Length of Hospital Stay 37 Pre-Discharge Plan 37 Discussion 38 Part 6 - Institutional Care 39 Introduction 39 .

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