The agency, based in Elmsford, is part of the Westchester Community Opportunity Program and serves all crime victims, offering counseling, support groups and escorts to accompany relatives of victims to court when assailants are on trial or being sentenced.
On some visits information on health status was also verified by accompanying relatives.
When asked about the possible influence of accompanying relatives on treatment decisions, there was an agreement that such influence exists.
The age- and sex-specific average income, labor force participation rates, and unemployment rates were obtained from the 2010 Report on the Manpower Utilization Survey to estimate lost productivity for accompanying relatives [ 24].
Although accompanying relatives when visiting health services during working hours is not penalized financially in Spain, the prevention expressed by the information providers in this respect could be due to some degree of perceived discrimination in employment.
According to data from Kleos, the average cost of sending a patient, with accompanying relative, overseas is $200,000.
The nurse appointed as the NN also had a job as nurse in the outpatient setting, where she accompanied the patient to the appointment with the physician, and afterwards followed up with regard to information on the disease and the treatment plan, and answered questions from the patient and possible accompanying relative.
We observed that ethnic minority patients were more often accompanied by relatives than Dutch patients, and that these relatives played a major role in the care process (eg, by providing translations).
She was criticized for the large number of trips she took overseas, often accompanied by relatives.
