Cost estimation of a health-check intervention for adults with intellectual disabilities in the UK

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 426-439

  Romeo, Renée ^a   Knapp, M ^a,b   Morrison, J ^c   Melville, C ^c   Allan, L ^c   Finlayson, J ^c   Cooper, S A ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost estimation; Health checks; Health improvement; Health inequalities; Health screening; Intellectual disabilities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 65449172859     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2009.01159.x     Document Type: Article

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