Medical care
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Comparing cost-utility estimates: does the choice of EQ-5D or SF-6D matter?
A number of different measures can be used within cost-utility analyses, we compared results according to both the EQ-5D and SF-6D. ⋯ The EQ-5D and SF-6D estimated that different options (1 and 3, respectively) were cost-effective at the pound20,000 per QALY threshold, demonstrating that the choice of measure does matter.
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Although process of care is a valuable dimension of quality, process-of-care-based quality indicators (POC-QIs) are ideally associated with meaningful patient outcomes. The relationship between POC-QIs for hospitalized older patients and functional decline, a relevant outcome for older patients, is unknown. ⋯ Hospitalized vulnerable elders who receive higher quality of care, as measured by Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders QIs, are not less likely to suffer decline after discharge.