The CareWell-primary care program: Design of a cluster controlled trial and process evaluation of a complex intervention targeting community-dwelling frail elderly

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ruikes, Franca G H ^a   Meys, Antoinette R M ^a   Van De Wetering, Gijs ^a   Akkermans, Reinier P ^a   Van Gaal, Betsie G I ^a   Zuidema, Sytse U ^b   Schers, Henk J ^a   Van Achterberg, Theo ^a   Koopmans, Raymond T C M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complex intervention; Cost effectiveness; Frail elderly; Functional status; Implementation; Integrated care; Primary care; Process evaluation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CASE MANAGEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CASE MANAGEMENT; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84870384686     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-13-115     Document Type: Article

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