A new model of integrated home care for the elderly: impact on hospital use
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- 作者：Landi ; Francesco ; Onder ; Graziano ; Russo ; Andrea ; Tabaccanti ; Sandro ; Rollo ; Rodolfo ; Federici ; Stefano ; et. al.
- 关键词：Home care ; Case management ; Comprehensive geriatric assessment ; Hospitalization
- 刊名：Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
- 出版年：2001
- 出版时间：September, 2001
- 年：2001
- 卷：54
- 期：9
- 页码：968-970
- 全文大小：45.8 K
文摘
The objective of the present study was to examine the effect of a home care program based on comprehensive geriatric assessment—Minimum Data Set for Home Care—and case management on hospital use/cost of frail elderly individuals. We determined all hospital admissions and days spent in hospital during the first year since the implementation of the home care program, and compared them to the rate of hospitalization that the same patients had experienced in the year preceding the implementation of such program. Following the implementation of this program, there was a significant reduction of the number of hospitalizations (pre 44 % vs. post 26 % , P < 0.001), associated with a reduction of hospital days, both at the individual patient level and for each admission. In conclusion, an integrated home care program based on the implementation of a comprehensive geriatric assessment instrument guided by a case manager has a significant impact on hospitalization and is cost-effective.