Not just about costs: The role of health economics in facilitating decision making in aged care

Age and Ageing

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 426-429

  Ratcliffe, Julie ^a   Laver, Kate ^a   Couzner, Leah ^a   Cameron, Ian D ^b   Gray, Len ^c   Crotty, Maria ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Choice; Economic evaluation; Elderly; Health economics; Preferences; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ELDERLY CARE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; AGED; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ECONOMICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 77954256272     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq041     Document Type: Article

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