The Long-Term Impacts of an Integrated Care Programme on Hospital Utilisation among Older Adults in the South of England: A Synthetic Control Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Reducing hospital use is often viewed as a possible positive consequence of introducing integrated care (IC). We investigated the impact of an IC programme in North East Hampshire and Farnham (NEHF), in southern England, on hospital utilisation among older adults over a 55 months period.

Method

We used a Generalised Synthetic Control design to investigate the effect of implementing IC in NEHF between 2015 and 2020. For a range of hospital use outcomes, we estimated the trajectory that each would have followed in the absence of IC and compared it with the actual trajectory to estimate the potential impact of IC.

Results

Three years into the programme, emergency admission rates started reducing in NEHF relative to its synthetic control, particularly those r

SUBMITTER: Seamer P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10437138 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul-Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature