Economic Evaluation of a Multifactorial, Interdisciplinary Intervention Versus Usual Care to Reduce Frailty in Frail Older People

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 41-48

  Fairhall, Nicola ^a   Sherrington, Catherine ^b   Kurrle, Susan E ^c   Lord, Stephen R ^d   Lockwood, Keri ^c   Howard, Kirsten ^e   Hayes, Alison ^e   Monaghan, Noeline ^a   Langron, Colleen ^c   Aggar, Christina ^b   Cameron, Ian D ^a  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c HORNSBY KU RING GAI HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Frailty; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIFACTORIAL INTERDISCIPLINARY INTERVENTION; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL WORK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; ECONOMICS; FITNESS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION; KINESIOTHERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REHABILITATION; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84926680730     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2014.07.006     Document Type: Article

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