The Future Home Health Care in the Middle East Region. Part I, International Perspective

Abstract

This review is part of a series of papers on home health care. Home health care has gained widespread acceptance recently in the developed and developing countries. This move is affected by the aging of the population, the improvement in medical technologies and the effort to improve quality and reduce cost. The home services vary from nursing care to the concept of hospital at home. The first part of this paper deals with a general view of home health care. It presents the American and Chinese models. ThE FuTuRE hOME hEALTh CARE iN ThE MiDDLE EAST REgiON: PART i iNTERNATiONAL PERSPECTivE