| Literature DB >> 1907599 |
M F Drummond1, E A Mohide, M Tew, D L Streiner, D M Pringle, J R Gilbert.
Abstract
An economic evaluation was undertaken concurrently with a randomized trial comparing a Caregiver Support Program (CSP) with existing conventional community nursing care for those caring for elderly relatives at home. The differences in resource consumption were compared with changes in caregiver quality of life, as measured by the Caregiver Quality of Life Instrument (CQLI). A 20% difference from baseline in the CQLI favored the experimental (CSP) group, although this did not reach conventional levels of statistical significance. A comparison of improvement in quality of life with costs implies an incremental cost per quality-adjusted life year gained of Canadian $20,000 for the CSP, which compares favorably with other health care interventions. Further, larger studies are required to confirm this result.Mesh：
Year: 1991 PMID： 1907599 DOI： 10.1017/s0266462300005109
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Technol Assess Health Care ISSN： 0266-4623 Impact factor: 2.188