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Arthritis patient education — how economic evaluations can inform health policy
Author(s)	Ann E Clarke
Journal title	Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 16, supplement / Canadian Public Policy, vol 23, supplement, Spring 1997
Pages	pp 162-176
Keywords	Arthritis ; Preventative medicine ; Social policy ; Cost effectiveness ; Canada.
Annotation	As Canadian health policy-makers strive to contain costs and maintain quality, health promotion is emerging as a key policy. The author describes a cost-effectiveness evaluation of the Arthritis Self-Management Program (ASMP), which is one of the first economic appraisals in the Canadian health care system, designed to improve outcome and reduce costs by promoting patient empowerment. Direct and indirect costs are evaluated through self-reporting of health services usage, measured by the Medical Outcomes Study SF-36. The author anticipates that such patient education programmes will be cost-effective and lead to more efficient health resource allocation. To influence health policy, the results of the evaluation should be disseminated to public health authorities, private insurers, and patient and health professional organisations.
Accession Number	CPA-970714013 A
Classmark	CLA: LK2: TM2: WEC: 7S
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