The cost-effectiveness of integrated home care and discharge practice for home care patients

Health Policy

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 10-20

  Hammar, Teija ^a   Rissanen, Pekka ^b   Perälä, Marja Leena ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; CRT; Discharge practices; Home care; Use of services

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUALITY OF LIFE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 67651012142     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2009.02.002     Document Type: Review

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