Cost-effectiveness of an intervention to reduce emergency re-admissions to hospital among older patients.

BACKGROUND: The objective is to estimate the cost-effectiveness of an intervention that reduces hospital re-admission among older people at high risk. A cost-effectiveness model to estimate the costs and health benefits of the intervention was implemented. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: The model u...

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Main Authors: Nicholas Graves, Mary Courtney, Helen Edwards, Anne Chang, Anthony Parker, Kathleen Finlayson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2759083?pdf=render