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Casemix for inpatient care of elderly people — rehabilitation and post-acute care
Author(s)	G Iain Carpenter, Gillian F Turner, R W Fowler
Corporate Author	Casemix for Elderly Inpatient Working Group
Journal title	Age and Ageing, vol 26, no 2, March 1997
Pages	pp 123-131
Keywords	In-patients ; Needs [elderly] ; Rehabilitation ; Aftercare ; Grant allocation ; Evaluation.
Annotation	Defining contracts for the care of older people on the basis of number episodes is inappropriate, as it neglects requirements of patients with different physical disability and rehabilitation needs. Use of the Resource Utilization Groups, version III (RUG-III) explains the variation in resource use of older people each day based on their clinical characteristics, which is then used at fortnightly intervals and at discharge. The authors suggest that this model could be used as the basis for contracts for care of older patients. It acknowledges that due to their clinical characteristics, some patients require more staff time to achieve rehabilitation and discharge.
Accession Number	CPA-970829214 A
Classmark	LF7: IK: LM: LN: QCG: 4C
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