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- Title
Cost-effectiveness of Occupational Therapy in Older People: Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.
- Authors
Nagayama, Hirofumi; Tomori, Kounosuke; Ohno, Kanta; Takahashi, Kayoko; Yamauchi, Keita
- Abstract
The article discusses a study which evaluates the cost-effectiveness of occupational therapy for older people compared to standard care or no intervention. Results showed that occupational therapy was more clinically- and cost-effective than standard care or other therapies, and it motivates older people to maintain their own health.
- Subjects
CINAHL database; CONFIDENCE intervals; COST effectiveness; INFORMATION storage &; retrieval systems; MEDICAL databases; PSYCHOLOGY information storage &; retrieval systems; MEDLINE; OCCUPATIONAL therapy; PROBABILITY theory; RESEARCH funding; SYSTEMATIC reviews; DATA analysis software; STATISTICAL models; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ODDS ratio
- Publication
Occupational Therapy International, 2016, Vol 23, Issue 2, p103
- ISSN
0966-7903
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/oti.1408