Bmc Health Serv Res
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Bmc Health Serv Res · Apr 2015
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyCost-utility analysis of a preventive home visit program for older adults in Germany.
Most older adults want to live independently in a familiar environment instead of moving to a nursing home. Preventive home visits based on multidimensional geriatric assessment can be one strategy to support this preference and might additionally reduce health care costs, due to the avoidance of costly nursing home admissions. The purpose of this study was to analyse the cost-effectiveness of preventive home visits from a societal perspective in Germany. ⋯ The evaluated preventive home visits programme is unlikely to be cost-effective.