A cost-effectiveness analysis of a proposed national falls prevention program.
Clin Geriatr Med
; 26(4): 751-66, 2010 Nov.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20934620
ABSTRACT
Falls are a major health concern for elderly people and cause substantial health care costs. The authors used meta-analytic findings on the effectiveness of fall prevention interventions to determine cost-effectiveness of a proposed Medicare fall prevention program for people who experience a recent fall. Using published clinical trial data, the authors constructed a population-based economic model and estimated that, in the base case, the program could prevent a half million people from falling again within a year. From the model, under most circumstances the cost-effectiveness ratio is less than $1500 per person prevented from experiencing a recurrent fall. Paying for a fall prevention program to increase the use of evidence-based interventions would be a cost-effective use of Medicare dollars.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Serviços Preventivos de Saúde
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Acidentes por Quedas
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Medicare
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Análise Custo-Benefício
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Política de Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Evaluation_studies
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Health_economic_evaluation
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Prognostic_studies
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Systematic_reviews
Limite:
Aged
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Humans
País como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2010
Tipo de documento:
Article