Cost-effectiveness of a multicomponent primary care program targeting frail elderly people.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Over the last 20 years, integrated care programs for frail elderly people aimed to prevent functional dependence and reduce hospitalization and institutionalization. However, results have been inconsistent and merely modest. To date, evidence on the cost-effectiveness of these programs is scarce. We evaluated the cost-effectiveness of the CareWell program, a multicomponent integrated care program for frail elderly people.

Methods

Economic evaluation from a healthcare perspective embedded in a cluster controlled trial of 12 months in 12 general practices in (the region of) Nijmegen. Two hundred and four frail elderly from 6 general practices in the intervention group received care according to the CareWell program, consisting of multidisciplinary team meetings, pro

SUBMITTER: Ruikes FGH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5956616 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature