What is it about?
It is common for people who have had a stroke to be provided with a home visit before they are discharged from hospital, to make sure they are safe at home and able to maintain a good quality of life. This study reports on an analysis of the cost-effectiveness of home visits within a clinical trial.
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Why is it important?
Little research has been done to assess whether or not home visits are effective and whether they are a good use of occupational therapists' time. Furthermore, the extent to which cost-effectiveness analysis has been used in occupational therapy is limited, so this paper seeks to provide guidance.
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In this study we tried to describe a relatively straightforward cost-effectiveness analysis in the hope that researchers in occupational therapy might be able to use the methods in their own studies. The trial was small, so we were not able to provide conclusive results about the cost-effectiveness of home visits.
Mr Christopher James Sampson
The Office of Health Economics
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This page is a summary of: An Introduction to Economic Evaluation in Occupational Therapy: Cost-Effectiveness of Pre-Discharge Home Visits after Stroke (HOVIS), British Journal of Occupational Therapy, July 2014, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.4276/030802214x14044755581664.
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