Access to health care for older people with intellectual disability: a modelling study to explore the cost-effectiveness of health checks.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Whilst people with intellectual disability grow older, evidence has emerged internationally about the largely unmet health needs of this specific ageing population. Health checks have been implemented in some countries to address those health inequalities. Evaluations have focused on measuring process outcomes due to challenges measuring quality of life outcomes. In addition, the cost-effectiveness is currently unknown. As part of a national guideline for this population we sought to explore the likely cost-effectiveness of annual health checks in England.

Methods

Decision-analytical Markov modelling was used to estimate the cost-effectiveness of a strategy, in which health checks were provided for older people with intellectual disability, when compared with stan

SUBMITTER: Bauer A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6556058 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature