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Conducting a Cost-Benefit Analysis of Transitional Care Programmes: The Key Challenges and Recommendations
- Source :
- International Journal of Integrated Care; Vol 20: January-March 2020; 5, International Journal of Integrated Care, International Journal of Integrated Care, Vol 20, Iss 1 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Ubiquity Press, 2020.
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Abstract
- Transitional care encompasses a range of services designed to promote care integration as patients transfer between different locations or different levels of care. Transitional care programmes have been proven to produce positive outcomes in reducing hospital readmissions and improving patients’ health outcomes. However, little is known about the benefits of the programmes on healthcare cost and the published results have been inconsistent. With increasing healthcare expenditures and limited public healthcare resources, cost-benefit analyses become paramount in informing healthcare resource allocation decisions. This perspective paper describes the approaches used in estimating the total costs of a bundle of transitional care services from an academic medical centre, identifies the key methodological challenges encountered in the process of cost-benefit analysis, and recommends potential solutions to tackle these challenges. By providing a comprehensive perspective on the methodological challenges, this paper encourages program evaluators to take these possible challenges into consideration for future cost-benefit analyses.
- Subjects :
- Health (social science)
Process management
Sociology and Political Science
Process (engineering)
Total cost
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Perspective Paper
Health care
Transitional care
030212 general & internal medicine
integrated care
lcsh:R5-920
Cost–benefit analysis
transitional care
business.industry
cost-benefit analysis
030503 health policy & services
Health Policy
post-discharge care
mortality
Integrated care
Key (cryptography)
Resource allocation
health expenditures
lcsh:Medicine (General)
0305 other medical science
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15684156
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....540b57d476b7db909f172c286c7210ee