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Eligibility for long-term care in The Netherlands
— development of a decision support system | | Author(s) | Crétien van Campen, Edwin van Gameren |
| Journal title | Health & Social Care in the Community, vol 13, no 4, July 2005 |
| Pages | pp 287-296 |
| Source | www.blackwellpublishing.com/hsc |
| Keywords | Services ; Long term ; Admission [care homes] ; Admission [nursing homes] ; Usage [services] ; Evaluation ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | In the Netherlands, eligibility for subsidised long-term care services is assessed by regional governmental assessment agencies. The authors examined which factors predict eligibility for long-term care alternatives, ranging from a variety of arrangements for care at home to admissions to residential and nursing homes. Data are from a sample of the regional assessment agencies, mostly for 2000. The model shows that not only disease and disability, but also age, household composition, current housing situation, and use of health care services determine the choice between long-term care alternatives. On the basis of this model, a decision development system was developed, which predicts eligibility for long-term care alternatives on the basis of applicant characteristics, and can support needs assessors in making decisions on individual applicants' eligibility. The system is used for standardisation of intake processes and development of protocols for needs assessors. At the population level, it may provide information for managers and policy-makers on the distribution of demand for long-term care in the near future. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050825203 A |
| Classmark | I: 4Q: KW:QKH: LHB:QKH: QLD: 4C: 76H |
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