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Patient-reported use of health service resources compared with information from health providers
Author(s)	Suzanne H Richards, Joanna Coast, Tim J Peters
Journal title	Health & Social Care in the Community, vol 11, no 6, November 2003
Pages	pp 510-518
Keywords	Health services ; Usage [services] ; Discharged patients ; Medical workers ; Comparison.
Annotation	The accuracy of older people's reports of health services resource use after discharge from hospital was compared with information from healthcare providers. Retrospective reports of use (yes/no) and number of patient hospital admissions, and community nursing, physiotherapy, health visiting and general practitioner (GP) services were obtained between baseline and 4- and 12-week follow-ups. Of 219 patients (aged 60+) enrolled in the trial, 190 and 185 patients provided data at 4 and 12 weeks. Crude agreement between responses was over 72%, and chance-corrected agreement was moderate or good for 11 out of 12 comparisons. Where discrepancies between receipt or non-receipt of services were reported indicate that patients tend to underestimate resources used, compared to health providers over relatively short time frames. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-031107205 A
Classmark	L: QLD: LFD: QT: 48
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