Preventive home visits to older people are cost-effective

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 265-271

  Sahlen, Klas Göran ^a   Löfgren, Curt ^a   Mari Hellner, Britt ^b   Lindholm, Lars ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Community intervention; cost utility analysis; economic evaluation; older people; preventive home visits

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SWEDEN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 42649093820     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494807086983     Document Type: Article

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