[Health economic evaluation of rehabilitative short-term care : Analysis of the costs of geriatric patients with and without rehabilitative short-term care after inpatient hospital stay].

ABSTRACT:

Background

Geriatric patients requiring rehabilitation and admitted to short-term care after an acute inpatient hospital stay seldom receive rehabilitative services later. Rehabilitative short-term care (REKUP) supplements short-term care with rehabilitative measures, aiming to prevent functional restrictions and long-term care.

Study objective

To conduct a cost and cost-effectiveness analyses of REKUP and provide data for a nationwide rollout.

Material and methods

A non-randomized controlled prospective study was carried out. The intervention group (IG) was paired 1:2 with a control group (KG), resulting in the formation of three collectives with follow-up periods of either 30, 90 or 180 days (each with IG and KG). Using administrative claims data from the AOK Baden-

SUBMITTER: Diekmann S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11422432 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature