Cost analyses of home care and nursing home services in the southern Taiwan area.
This study compares the cost of long-term care provided at patient homes with that of long-term care provided in nursing homes in southern Taiwan. Caring for a patient with a high degree of dependence at home is more expensive than caring for a patient in a nursing home facility when family costs and provider costs are considered together. This phenomenon is not demonstrated for patients with medium degrees of dependence. To be cost-effective, home care services should target patients with medium physical disability, and nursing home care should focus on patients with high levels of dependence.
Chiu
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L
Kang-Ning Junior College of Nursing, Taipei, Taiwan.
Tang
K Y
KY
Shyu
W C
WC
Huang
C L
CL
Wang
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SP
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D005260:Female; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008297:Male; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000191:economics*; D013624:Taiwan