Identifying patient-level health and social care costs for older adults discharged from acute medical units in England

Age and Ageing

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 703-707

  Franklin, Matthew ^a   Berdunov, Vladislav ^a   Edmans, Judi ^a   Conroy, Simon ^b   Gladman, John ^a   Tanajewski, Lukasz ^a   Gkountouras, Georgios ^a   Elliott, Rachel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute medical unit; Costing methodology; Economic evaluation; Primary care; Secondary care; Social care

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AMBULANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; ENGLAND; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL WORK; TIME FACTOR; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SOCIAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMBULANCES; ENGLAND; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SECONDARY CARE; SOCIAL WORK; STATE MEDICINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84906849909     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afu073     Document Type: Article

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