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Are home care programs cost-effective?
— a systematic review of the literature | | Author(s) | Kimberly D Fraser |
| Journal title | Care Management Journals, vol 4, no 4, Winter 2003 |
| Pages | pp 198-201 |
| Source | http://www.springerpub.com |
| Keywords | Home care services ; Cost effectiveness ; Literature reviews ; Canada ; United Kingdom. |
| Annotation | Given the recent growth and continuing trend in home health care in Canada, and that country's current state of health care reform and changing demographics, the cost-effectiveness of home care programmes and services is an important area of health care research. Home care programmes often proceed with little evidence-based decision-making. Increased demand for evidence-based decision-making is apparent not only in clinical settings, but also in policy environments, thus creating a need for more research in this area. At present, there are very few rigorous studies on the cost-effectiveness of home care programmes. This systematic literature review addresses the research question, "What is the relationship between cost consequence evidence and policy implications within the home care context?" The findings are mixed, and indicate that cost-effectiveness of home care programmes is an important area to study in spite of the many challenges, which must be acknowledged and addressed in order to produce better research designs in future studies. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050217211 A |
| Classmark | NH: WEC: 64A: 7S: 8 |
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