Reducing disability in community-dwelling frail older people: cost-effectiveness study alongside a cluster randomised controlled trial
Author(s) -
Silke Metzelthin,
Erik van Rossum,
Marike RC Hendriks,
Luc de Witte,
Sjoerd Hobma,
Walther Sipers,
Gertrudis I. J. M. Kempen
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afu200
Subject(s) - medicine , cluster randomised controlled trial , gerontology , physical therapy , cluster (spacecraft) , older people , randomized controlled trial , physical medicine and rehabilitation , surgery , computer science , programming language
although proactive primary care, including early detection and treatment of community-dwelling frail older people, is a part of the national healthcare policy in several countries, little is known about its cost-effectiveness.
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