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A literature review of the likely costs and benefits of legislation to prohibit age discrimination in health, social care and mental health services and definitions of age discrimination that might be operationalised for measurement
— carried out by the Centre for Policy on Ageing on behalf of the Department of Health | | Corporate Author | Centre for Policy on Ageing - CPA |
| Publisher | Centre for Policy on Ageing, London, December 2007 |
| Pages | 31 pp (+ 39 pp appendices) |
| Source | Centre for Policy on Ageing, 25-31 Ironmonger Row, London EC1V 3QP. Available at: http://www.cpa.org.uk/information/reviews/reviews.... |
| Keywords | Ageism ; Health services ; Services ; Psychiatric treatment ; Costs [care] ; Cost benefit analysis ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | Older people are disproportionately high users of health care facilities, but closer examination reveals that proximity to death rather than age may be the principal factor in health care costs. This review distinguishes ageism, an attitude of mind, from age discrimination, an unjustifiable difference in treatment based solely on age. Age discrimination is inherently measurable, and this review looks for ways in which age discrimination Has been or might be measured. Legislation outside the UK outlawing age discrimination in goods and services (including health services) is also discussed. Although this review provides a useful analysis, from literature written internationally, of age discrimination in health, social care and mental health services, and the costs of providing these services for an ageing population, no studies were found which directly address the key focus, namely a post hoc analysis of the costs and benefits to social care, health and mental health services of introducing legislation prohibiting age discrimination. Appendix 1 (7 pp), on methodology, notes search strategies and processes, and the search results for the databases searched. Appendix 2 (32 pp), a bibliography, lists all items found; key items cited are also listed at the end of the main report. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-071217203 E |
| Classmark | B:TOB: L: I: LP: QDC: WEA: 64A |
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