Cost-utility analysis of a preventive home visit program for older adults in Germany

Background Most older adults want to live independently in a familiar environment instead of moving to a nursing home. Preventive home visits based on multidimensional geriatric assessment can be one strategy to support this preference and might additionally reduce health care costs, due to the avoi...

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Published in:	BMC health services research Vol. 15; no. 1; p. 141
Main Authors:	Brettschneider, Christian, Luck, Tobias, Fleischer, Steffen, Roling, Gudrun, Beutner, Katrin, Luppa, Melanie, Behrens, Johann, Riedel-Heller, Steffi G, König, Hans-Helmut
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 03.04.2015
Subjects:	Aged, 80 and over Cost-Benefit Analysis economics and financing systems expenditure Female Germany Health Administration Health Care Costs - statistics & numerical data Health Informatics Health Services for the Aged - economics Home Nursing - economics House Calls - economics Humans Male Medicine Medicine & Public Health Nursing Research Public Health Quality-Adjusted Life Years Research Article Self Care - economics Surveys and Questionnaires Utilization Germany Quality-adjusted life years 80 years and over Community medicine Aged Cost benefit analysis Independent living Home care services Geriatrics
ISSN:	1472-6963, 1472-6963
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