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Health Soc Care Community
; 28(5): 1544-1550, 2020 09.
Article
En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32176940
This study calculated a return on investment of an early discharge from hospital scheme focussing on improved responses to patients' housing needs. The study identified critical success factors of the scheme that will inform potential spread of the intervention to other localities. Financial return on investment based on service costs and benefits were calculated and the critical success factors were identified through interviews with key stakeholders. The annualised return on investment of the scheme was £3.03 for each £1 invested. Close working relationships between health and housing and aspects of the local housing stock (such as direct local control) were key to realising the return on investment.
Needs Assessment/economics , Patient Discharge/economics , Public Housing/economics , Humans , Poverty/statistics & numerical data , Public Housing/statistics & numerical data , Socioeconomic Factors