Health systems have adopted models of integrated care to better align services around the needs of aging populations. The results are encouraging, but inconsistent. Although they are untested, recent approaches — such as the WHO’s ‘Integrated Care for Older People’ — that are explicitly person-centered suggest that more-radical reform may be possible.
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Beard, J.R. Beyond integrated care for older adults. Nat Aging 4, 1–4 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43587-023-00542-7
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