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Research type: |
Primary Research (e.g. trial) |
Title (lead author) etc: |
Rehabilitation of older patients: day hospital compared to rehabilitation at home. A randomised controlled trial (Parker) 168 pages, Volume 13, number 39 |
DOI |
10.3310/hta13390 |
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Headline: |
Study found that providing rehabilitation in patients' own homes conferred no particular disadvantage for patients and carers, compared with day hospital rehabilitation, and had a similar cost |
This report should be referenced as follows: |
Parker S G, Oliver P, Pennington M, Bond J, Jagger C, Enderby P M, et al. Rehabilitation of older patients: day hospital compared to rehabilitation at home. A randomised controlled trial. Health Technol Assess 2009;13(39). |
Project ref: |
97/26/01 |
Original project title: |
Rehabilitation of older patients: day hospital compared to rehabilitation at home |
Chief Investigator: |
Professor Stuart Parker, Professor of Health Care for Older People,
Sheffield Institute for Studies on Ageing Norhern General Hospital, University of Sheffield |
Start Date: |
September 2002 |
Date of publication in HTA journal series |
September 2009 |
Cost: |
£576,746 |
MeSH* index primary terms: |
REHABILITATION Q-organization-&-administration; HEALTH-SERVICES-FOR-THE-AGED Q-organization-&-administration; DAY-CARE Q-economics; HOME-CARE-SERVICES Q-economics (* = Medical Subject Headings) |
MeSH* index secondary terms: |
HUMAN; AGED; CLINICAL-TRIAL (* = Medical Subject Headings) |
ISRCTN* number: | ISRCTN 71801032 (*International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number) URL of this project on the Controlled Trials Website: http://www.controlled-trials.com/ISRCTN71801032 |
NRR* number, if applicable: |
N0484104335 (*National Research Register) The National Research Register was a public database of ongoing and recently completed research projects funded by, or of interest to, the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS). It is now an archive of projects from early 2000 to September 2007. Search the NRR archive. |
Project Protocol: |
Project protocol (pdf format, 539 kbytes) |
Printed copies of this title despatched: |
118 (Figures relate to the previous calendar month) |
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http://www.hta.ac.uk/1218 |
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