Integrated Community-Based Health and Social Care Interventions for Older People: A Key Policy Priority for All Countries; Comment on “The Effect of Integrated Care After Discharge From Hospitals on Outcomes Among Korean Older Adults”

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School of Healthcare and Nursing Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

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This paper situates Woo Choi and Jung Yoo’s study within broader sets of policy challenges related to rapid increases in numbers of older people in need of long-term care. These challenges include a need to fundamentally transform health services and to develop fully integrated systems of health and long-term care for older people. The paper argues that Korea’s Integrated Pilot Project is a key step in this direction, along with similar interventions in Thailand and Brazil. Woo Choi and Jung Yoo’s study adds to a wider body of evidence that these interventions enhance health system efficiency at the same time as improving the lives of older people and their family caregivers.

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International Journal of Health Policy and Management

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Available Online from 20 August 2025

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  • Received Date: 27 February 2025
  • Revised Date: 14 August 2025
  • Accepted Date: 17 August 2025
  • First Published Date: 20 August 2025

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