Not just about costs: the role of health economics in facilitating decision making in aged care.
This commentary discusses how health economic techniques can usefully be applied to inform clinical and policy decision making in the aged care sector from two perspectives: firstly, in relation to the measurement and valuation of the costs and benefits of new and existing health care technologies and modes of aged care service delivery and secondly, in relation to the facilitation of autonomy and patient choice.
Ratcliffe
Julie
J
Department of Rehabilitation and Aged Care, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia. julie.ratcliffe@flinders.edu.au <julie.ratcliffe@flinders.edu.au>
Laver
Kate
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Couzner
Leah
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Cameron
Ian D
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Gray
Len
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Crotty
Maria
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis / Q000191:economics; D003657:Decision Making; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D004470:Economics, Medical; D005260:Female; D006291:Health Policy / Q000191:economics; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D011788:Quality of Life