The Journals of Gerontology Paper: Health Equity in an Age-Friendly Health System- Identifying Potential Care Gaps
The Journals of Gerontology: Series A has published a research report, "Health Equity in an Age-Friendly Health System: Identifying Potential Care Gaps."
The report reviews the Age-Friendly Health Systems (AFHS) initiative and how equitably it has been applied across health systems. Five health equity factors—gender, race, ethnicity, preferred language, and electronic patient portal (MyChart) activation—were cross-sectionally analyzed against the AFHS 4Ms framework for patients in an academic internal medicine clinic.
Many health systems have implemented the core elements of AFHS with the goal of uniformly applying them to all patients 65 years and older. "This study, the first to incorporate demographic data into AFHS outcomes, suggests a need to develop best practices for equitable Age-Friendly care at the clinical team and institutional policy levels."
Go to the research report abstract.
Learn more about the AFHS initiative.
