Cost-effectiveness of telecare for people with social care needs: The Whole Systems Demonstrator cluster randomised trial

Age and Ageing

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 794-800

  Henderson, Catherine ^a   Knapp, Martin ^a,b   Fernández, José Luis ^a   Beecham, Jennifer ^a   Hirani, Shashivadan P ^c   Beynon, Michelle ^c   Cartwright, Martin ^c   Rixon, Lorna ^c   Doll, Helen ^d   Bower, Peter ^e   Steventon, Adam ^f   Rogers, Anne ^g   Fitzpatrick, Ray ^h   Barlow, James ⁱ   Bardsley, Martin ^f   Newman, Stanton P ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f The Nuffield Trust   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic evaluation; Older people; Social care; Telecare

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CARE; TELEMEDICINE; TELEMONITORING; UNITED KINGDOM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REMOTE SENSING; SOCIAL WORK; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK; TELEMEDICINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84911393058     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afu067     Document Type: Article

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