title: Cost analyses of home care and nursing home services in the southern Taiwan area.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Kang-Ning Junior College of Nursing, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.forename: K Y
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Shyu
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: 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