Effects of preventive home visits on older people's use and costs of health care services: A systematic review

Conclusions Of the high number of studies investigating efficacy of PHVs on older people, only a few studies explore economic effects. PHVs do not provide overall savings to health care costs, but some interventions might offer some cost-neutral positive effects on functioning, QOL and/or mortality. More studies are needed to clarify the effective aspects of the programs and cost-effectiveness of the PHVs.
Source: European Geriatric Medicine - Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research