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| Cognitive disability and direct care costs for elderly people | | Author(s) | Shane Kavanagh, Martin Knapp |
| Journal title | British Journal of Psychiatry, vol 174, June 1999 |
| Pages | pp 539-546 |
| Keywords | Cognitive impairment ; Costs [care] ; Usage [services] ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | Population ageing and the high costs of care support for older people have concentrated attention on economic issues. This study compared service utilisation and direct costs for older people with different degrees of cognitive disability, and between people living in households and in communal establishments. Secondary analysis of Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (OPCS) disability survey data obtained in the late 1980s compared service usage and costs for 8736 older people with cognitive disability. Cost estimates were constructed for all health and social care services. A much greater proportion of people at higher levels of cognitive disability lived in communal establishments, where their (direct) costs were much higher than when supported in households. Service use patterns and costs varied with cognitive disability. The study concludes that it is important to look at the full range of living arrangements and support services when examining costs. The potential cost implications of pharmacotherapies, other treatments, or new care arrangements cannot be appreciated without such a broad perspective. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990716224 A |
| Classmark | E4: QDC: QLD: 3F |
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