title: Methods used to identify and measure resource use in economic evaluations: a systematic review of questionnaires for older people.
abstract: This paper presents the findings of a systematic review of full or partial economic evaluations that included questions to service users or their carers to elicit information on the types, amounts or costs of community-based formal social care support provided to people 65 years and older. We have found that studies seldom report use of published validated questions for eliciting information from older people in the UK about their use of formal social care services. Given the political prominence of the debate over funding social care for older people, there remains a need for analysis of policy options. This requires reliable data on the receipt and payment for care. We recommend the development of improved questions on care that are clear, robust and up-to-date with developments in policy and practice.
authors.affiliation: Health Economics Group, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. adam.martin@uea.ac.uk
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Miranda
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mugford
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Shemilt
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hancock
authors.forename: Raphael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wittenberg
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004467:Economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D057766:Policy; D012947:Social Work / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D006113:United Kingdom