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Occupational therapy compared with social work assessment for older people — an economic evaluation alongside the CAMELOT randomised controlled trial
Author(s)	Chris Flood, Miranda Mugford, Sandra Stewart
Journal title	Age and Ageing, vol 34, no 1, January 2005
Pages	pp 47-51
Source	http://www.ageing.oupjournals.org
Keywords	Social workers ; Occupational therapists ; Evaluation ; Performance ; Cost effectiveness ; Comparison ; Cambridgeshire.
Annotation	The cost-effectiveness was examined of occupational therapist-led and social worker-led assessments of older people in terms of their independence and quality of life. No obvious change over time was found in utility scores based on the EuroQoL (EQ-5D) in either group for participants. The patterns and amount of care resources provided to the older people participating in this community-based trial differed between the two groups, but also varied within each arm of the trial. Total costs of care for the two arms of the trial were not different. The occupational therapy assessment was no more cost-effective for older people than the social work assessment in this community context. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-050127210 A
Classmark	QR: QTR: 4C: 5H: WEC: 48: 8C
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