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n evaluation of the effectiveness of annual health checks and quality of health care for adults with intellectual disability: an observational study using a primary care database |
Carey I M, Hosking F J, Harris T, DeWilde S, Beighton C & Cook D G |
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Record Status This is a bibliographic record of a published health technology assessment from a member of INAHTA. No evaluation of the quality of this assessment has been made for the HTA database. Citation Carey I M, Hosking F J, Harris T, DeWilde S, Beighton C & Cook D G. n evaluation of the effectiveness of annual health checks and quality of health care for adults with intellectual disability: an observational study using a primary care database. Health Services and Delivery Research 2017; 5(25) Authors' objectives To evaluate whether or not annual health checks for adults with ID have reduced emergency hospitalisation, and to describe health, health care and mortality for adults with ID. Authors' conclusions Compared with the general population, adults with ID have more chronic diseases and greater primary and secondary care utilisation. With more than one-third of deaths potentially amenable to health-care interventions, improvements in access to, and quality of, health care are required. In primary care, better continuity of care and longer appointment times are important examples that we identified. Although annual health checks can also improve access, not every eligible adult with ID receives one, and health check content varies by practice. Health checks had no impact on overall emergency admissions, but they appeared influential in reducing preventable emergency admissions. Indexing Status Subject indexing assigned by CRD MeSH Adult; Databases, Factual; Delivery of Health Care; Humans; Intellectual Disability; Primary Health Care; Quality of Health Care Language Published English Country of organisation England English summary An English language summary is available. Address for correspondence HS&DR Programme, National Institute for Health Research, Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre, University of Southampton, Alpha House, Enterprise Road, Southampton, SO16 7NS, UK Tel: +44 23 8059 4304
Email: hsdrinfo@southampton.ac.uk AccessionNumber 32017000404 Date abstract record published 20/09/2017 |
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