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Providing alternatives to long-stay hospital care for frail elderly patients: is it cost effective?
- Author:
- CHALLIS David
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 7(11), November 1992, pp.773-781.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Identifies problems faced in attempting to analyse the relative cost-effectiveness of long-stay hospital care and community care: comparisons of average costs often ignore the substantial variation of the costs of individuals within settings; excessive weight is placed on those factors more easily measured than those that indicate quality or effectiveness. Considers studies that have attempted to cost alternatives to long-stay hospital care for the frail elderly and of case management, and at lessons that can be learnt from other countries experiences in this area.
Unmet need and older people: towards a synthesis of user and provider views
- Authors:
- CORDINGLEY Lis, HUGHES Jane, CHALLIS David
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 52p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Reviews literature on unmet need among older people. Begins by surveying commonly overlooked needs identified by older people, and reasons why older people may resist support or help, and then describes studies which examine the processes by which social services departments identify and respond to the needs of older people. The final section suggests a number of alternative strategies for identifying unmet needs.