There is increasing concern over the costs of providing services and support to improve the health and independence of the nation?s elderly. Interventions that improve health are also evaluated in terms of the resources needed to do so. This research core aims to give advice and work with the other projects of the center to explore the methodological issues and problems specific to the assessment of outcomes, preferences and costs in geriatrics and gerontology. In the assessment of outcomes and preferences, these issues include a) how to collect health status and preference information from populations that include individuals with sensory and cognitive limitations; b) the inclusion of health states relevant to non-institutionalized and institutionalized older persons; and c) scaling properties that make some instruments less relevant to older persons. In the assessment of costs and cost effectiveness, these issues include a) how to collect costs of the many types of services delivered to older persons in a variety of settings and systems of care; b) inclusion of sometimes considerable """"""""out-of-pocket"""""""" health costs for services such as nursing home care; e) indirect costs incurred by the patients, family or other caregivers; and d) the valuation of preferences and utilities.
The specific aims of this research core are: 1. To provide technical support in design, statistics, health, utility and cost measurement for all the projects of the center, particularly the Schnelle, Mangione, and Coleman projects. 2. To assess the cost-effectiveness of proven or conjectured effective interventions developed by the center. 3. To examine new approaches to cost-effectiveness analysis in geriatrics and gerontology. By providing general technical support and working on common measurement issues with the investigators in each proposed intervention study, the proposed RRC is an efficient mechanism for improving the quality of all center products and advancing cost effectiveness research in the field of geriatrics and gerontology.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Type
Comprehensive Center (P60)
Project #
5P60AG010415-12
Application #
6594973
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZAG1)
Project Start
2002-07-01
Project End
2003-06-30
Budget Start
Budget End
Support Year
12
Fiscal Year
2002
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
University of California Los Angeles
Department
Type
DUNS #
119132785
City
Los Angeles
State
CA
Country
United States
Zip Code
90095
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