Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to J O Jonassen.
Health care is moving closer and closer to a nationalized system. Traditionally, hospitals have depended on reimbursement rather than creating cost-effective delivery systems. In the following article, the author proposes a new delivery model that provides for quality and cost-containment by focusing on a well-defined population and the workplace.
The author reviews changes in society, the health care industry and the design and construction industry that may effect the future of health care architecture as a professional practice and as a building type. He reviews futurists' scenarios for health care and suggests potential models for the practice of architecture (and the construction industry) in serving health care in the future. He also describes possible changes in the buildings of health care. The author promotes architects having a responsibility for shaping the direction of change.
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