State of the U.S. Healthcare System
Health Care Costs are Continuing to Rise - increased 87% between 1990-2000 (CMS, 2000); health care premium increases are in the double digits
Looming Health Care Crisis – one in five Americans will be age 65+ by 2030…Older adults will increase from 12% of the population in 1997 to 20% of the population in 2040 (Urban Institute, 2000)
Clinicians are Leaving Practice
Nursing Shortage Continues