Comparing the cost-effectiveness and clinical effectiveness of a new community in-reach rehabilitation service with the cost-effectiveness and clinical effectiveness of an established hospital-based rehabilitation service for older people: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial with microcost and qualitative analysis - the Community In-reach Rehabilitation And Care Transition (CIRACT) study

• Main Authors: Opinder Sahota (Author), Ruth Pulikottil-Jacob (Author), Fiona Marshall (Author), Alan Montgomery (Author), Wei Tan (Author), Tracey Sach (Author), Pip Logan (Author), Denise Kendrick (Author), Alison Watson (Author), Maria Walker (Author), Justin Waring (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: National Institute for Health Research, 2016-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Older people represent a significant proportion of patients admitted to hospital as a medical emergency. Compared with the care of younger patients, their care is more challenging, their stay in hospital is much longer, their risk of hospital-acquired problems is much higher and their 28...