The authors’ reply

WHO promoted an integrated care model for older people (ICOPE) at the policy, organisation and clinical levels.1 The integrations between the health systems and among the health service providers are critical for an efficient and high quality service delivery, especially in resource-constrained contexts.2 Despite the Chinese health system having achieved enormous progress towards ‘health for all’, it is still inadequate to address the health care needs of the growing population of older people, particularly in regard to meeting the needs of those suffering hip fracture after falls due to: (i) high fragmentation of services to provide a full continuum of care for older people; (ii) a health care workforce with major capacity challenges in relation to quantity, quality and equitable distribution; and (iii) fragmented and poor inter-operability of health information systems.