Using cost-effectiveness analysis to compare Hospital at Home and in-patient interventions. Part 1

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-19

  Jester, Rebecca ^a,b   Hicks, Carolyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DUDLEY GROUP OF HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness analysis; Early discharge; Hospital at Home; Total joint replacements

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; JOINT PROSTHESIS; JOINT STABILITY; JOINT STIFFNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ARTHROPLASTY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037263814     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2003.00685.x     Document Type: Article

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