SynthesisBMC health services research2017
Where's the evidence? a systematic review of economic analyses of residential aged care infrastructure.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Appropriateness of the EQ-HWB for Use in Residential Aged Care: A Proxy Perspective.The patient · 2024Article
- Assessing feasibility, construct validity, and reliability of a new aged care-specific preference-based quality of life instrument: evidence from older Australians in residential aged care.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2022Article
- Valuing the Quality-of-Life Aged Care Consumers (QOL-ACC) Instrument for Quality Assessment and Economic Evaluation.PharmacoEconomics · 2022Article
- Re-thinking reablement strategies for older adults in residential aged care: a scoping review.BMC geriatrics · 2021Article
- Developing dimensions for a new preference-based quality of life instrument for older people receiving aged care services in the community.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2021Article
- An Outreach Rehabilitation Program for Nursing Home Residents After Hip Fracture May Be Cost-Saving.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2020Article
- A path analysis on the direct and indirect effects of the unit environment on eating dependence among cognitively impaired nursing home residents.BMC health services research · 2019Observational
- Insights into the system of care of the elderly with mental disorders from the perspective of informal caregivers in Lithuania.International journal of mental health systems · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundResidential care infrastructure, in terms of the characteristics of the organisation (such as proprietary status, size, and location) and the physical environment, have been found to directly influence resident outcomes. This review aimed to summarise the existing literature of economic evaluations of residential care infrastructure.
methodsA systematic review of English language articles using AgeLine, CINAHL, Econlit, Informit (databases in Health; Business and Law; Social Sciences), Medline, ProQuest, Scopus, and Web of Science with retrieval up to 14 December 2015. The search strategy combined terms relating to nursing homes, economics, and older people. Full economic evaluations, partial economic evaluations, and randomised trials reporting more limited economic information, such as estimates of resource use or costs of interventions were included. Data was extracted using predefined data fields and synthesized in a narrative summary to address the stated review objective.
resultsFourteen studies containing an economic component were identified. None of the identified studies attempted to systematically link costs and outcomes in the form of a cost-benefit, cost-effectiveness, or cost-utility analysis. There was a wide variation in approaches taken for valuing the outcomes associated with differential residential care infrastructures: 8 studies utilized various clinical outcomes as proxies for the quality of care provided, and 2 focused on resident outcomes including agitation, quality of life, and the quality of care interactions. Only 2 studies included residents living with dementia.
conclusionsRobust economic evidence is needed to inform aged care facility design. Future research should focus on identifying appropriate and meaningful outcome measures that can be used at a service planning level, as well as the broader health benefits and cost-saving potential of different organisational and environmental characteristics in residential care.
trial registrationInternational Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO) registration number CRD42015015977 .
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