TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - A cost-effectiveness analysis of a proposed national falls prevention program
JO  - Clinics in geriatric medicine
A1  - Wu, Shaosi
A1  - Keeler, Emmett B.
A1  - Rubenstein, Laurence Z.
A1  - Maglione, Margaret A.
A1  - Shekelle, Paul G.
SP  - 751
EP  - 766
VL  - 26
IS  - 4
N2  - Falls are a major health concern for elderly people and cause substantial health care costs. The authors used meta-analytic findings on the effectiveness of fall prevention interventions to determine cost-effectiveness of a proposed Medicare fall prevention program for people who experience a recent fall. Using published clinical trial data, the authors constructed a population-based economic model and estimated that, in the base case, the program could prevent a half million people from falling again within a year. From the model, under most circumstances the cost-effectiveness ratio is less than $1500 per person prevented from experiencing a recurrent fall. Paying for a fall prevention program to increase the use of evidence-based interventions would be a cost-effective use of Medicare dollars.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0749-0690
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cger.2010.07.005
ID  - ref1
ER  -