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http://dx.doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2016.46.4.562

Economic Effect of Home Health Care Services for Community-dwelling Vulnerable Populations  

Lee, Eunhee (Division of Nursing, Hallym University)
Kim, Jinhyun (College of Nursing, The Resrarch Institute of Nursing Science, Seoul National University)
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Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing / v.46, no.4, 2016 , pp. 562-571 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: In this study the costs and benefits of a home health care program were examined to evaluate the economic feasibility of the program. Methods: The study participants included 349 patients in the community who had been registered at a home health care center for 5 years. The costs and benefits of the program were analyzed using performance data and health data. The benefits were classified as the effects of pressure ulcer care, skin wound care and catheters management. The program effect was evaluated on the change of progress using transition probability. Benefits were divided into direct benefit such as the savings in medical costs and transportation costs, and indirect benefits which included saving in productivity loss and lost future income. Results: Participants had an average of 1.82 health problems. The input cost was KRW 36.8~153.3 million, the benefit was KRW 95.4~279.7 million. Direct benefits accounted for 53.4%~81.2%, and was higher than indirect benefits. The net benefit was greater than 0 from 2006 to 2009, and then dropped below 0 in 2010. Conclusion: The average net benefit during 5 years was over 0 and the benefit cost ratoi was over 1.00, indicating that the home health care program si economical.
Keywords
Home care services; Cost-benefit analysis; Pressure ulcer; Wounds and injuries; Catheters;
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