Efficiency of families managing home health care

Carol Smith, Susan Kleinbeck, Karen Fernengel and Linda Mayer

Annals of Operations Research, 1997, vol. 73, issue 0, 157-175

Abstract: Over the last decade, cost-containment pressures, health care reform debates, movement to case-managed health care, and reductions in health care benefits have required most families to be responsible for selecting specific health care services that keep costs to a minimum. As Eddy [17-20] discussed in a series of articles on making decisions in health care, the consensus among health care policymakers is that family values are to be respected, but application of cost benefit analyses are essential because of limited resources. Therefore, only approaches proven beneficial can be prescribed, even though a family might desire other methods. Costs and health care benefits have become critical concerns to families due to the continuing escalation of health care costs and potential bankruptcy from such costs. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 1997

Keywords: family health care management; efficient home care; intensive home care resources (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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