In this study we found no effect of a preventive primary care outreach intervention for older adults at risk of functional decline on QALYs, costs of health and social services, functional status, self rated health, or mortality.
28 Secondary outcome measures included costs of health and social services, functional status, self rated health, and mortality.
Main outcome measures Quality adjusted life years (QALYs), use and costs of health and social services, functional status, self rated health, and mortality.
However, its use in elderly patients was hindered by impaired postoperative functional or cognitive status [ 9] and poor social services support [ 19, 20] of treated patients.
There is still a real need to develop more functional, culturally viable approaches for the provisioning of basic social services for Tibetan herders.
Hence, there are two mandatory insurances in Korea; one is the NHI program, which provides medical care services; the other is the long-term care insurance (LTCI) program, which provides social services for the elderly with a few functional limitations.
The self-care index (SPI; "Selbstpflegeindex") was developed to assess functional dependence in activities of daily living and predicts the need for social services [ 11].
For example, the university functional sphere has teaching, research, and social service functions as its unique functions; at the same time, it has 'shared functions' such as technology transfer, policymaking consulting, and spin-off startups.
Low informal support, poor functional status and poor instrumental activities of daily living, living at a residential home, and living alone were associated with higher social services expenditure.
