Economic Evaluation of A Support Program for Caregivers of Demented Elderly Journal Articles

abstract

• AbstractAn economic evaluation was undertaken concurrently with a randomized trial comparing a Caregiver Support Program (CSP) with existing conventional community nursing care for those caring for elderly relatives at home. The differences in resource consumption were compared with changes in caregiver quality of life, as measured by the Caregiver Quality of Life Instrument (CQLI). A 20% difference from baseline in the CQLI favored the experimental (CSP) group, although this did not reach conventional levels of statistical significance. A comparison of improvement in quality of life with costs implies an incremental cost per quality-adjusted life year gained of Canadian $20,000 for the CSP, which compares favorably with other health care interventions. Further, larger studies are required to confirm this result.

authors

• Drummond, Michael F
• Mohide, E Ann
• Tew, Michelle
• Streiner, David Lloyd
• Pringle, Dorothy M
• Gilbert, James Raymond

status

• published 

publication date

• 1991

has subject area

• 1117 Public Health and Health Services (FoR)
• 1402 Applied Economics (FoR)
• Aged (MeSH)
• Community Health Nursing (MeSH)
• Cost-Benefit Analysis (MeSH)
• Dementia (MeSH)
• Female (MeSH)
• Health Policy & Services (Science Metrix)
• Home Nursing (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Male (MeSH)
• Quality of Life (MeSH)
• Social Support (MeSH)

published in

• International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care  Journal

keywords

• Aged
• Community Health Nursing
• Cost-Benefit Analysis
• Dementia
• Female
• Home Nursing
• Humans
• Male
• Quality of Life
• Social Support

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1017/s0266462300005109

PubMed ID

• 1907599

start page

• 209

end page

• 219

volume

• 7

issue

• 2