Is comprehensive geriatric assessment hospital at home a cost-effective alternative to hospital admission for older people?

ABSTRACT:

Background

hospital level healthcare in the home guided by comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) might provide a less costly alternative to hospitalisation for older people.

Objective

to determine the cost-effectiveness of CGA admission avoidance hospital at home (HAH) compared with hospital admission.

Design/intervention

a cost-effectiveness study alongside a randomised trial of CGA in an admission avoidance HAH setting, compared with admission to hospital.

Participants/setting

older people considered for a hospital admission in nine locations across the UK were randomised using a 2:1 randomisation schedule to admission avoidance HAH with CGA (N = 700), or admission to hospital with CGA when available (N = 355).

Measurements

quality adjusted life yea

SUBMITTER: Singh S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8753046 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature