Health Care Comes Home: The Human Factors

by National Research Council, Board on Human-Systems Integration, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

In the United States, health care devices, technologies, and practices are rapidly moving into the home. The factors driving this migration include the costs of health care, the growing numbers of older adults, the increasing prevalence of chronic conditions and diseases and improved survival rates for people with those conditions and diseases, and a wide range of technological innovations. The health care that results varies considerably in its...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309212367
• ISBN13: 9780309212366
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"