“Don’t forget to take your medicine!” Improving the use of medecine by elderly patients in the region of MadridCosts and savings Before the implementation of the programme in 2006 a cost-benefit analysis was carried out. The model was based on the initial target group of the programme (elderly residents aged 75 years or above who use more than 6 different medications on a regular basis) and focussed on the following direct benefits of the programme:
The estimation of benefits did not include other variables such as the reduction of unnessary medication and the improvement of medical treatment plans as no reliable data of these variables existed. The model included the following costs:
The results of the cost-benefit analysis are summarised in the table below. Table 1: Costs and benefits of the programme |
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Encarnación Cruz Martos Email: encarna.cruz@salud.madrid.org Phone: 00 34 91 426 9917/9902 Fernando Gil and Salvador Parrado wrote this case study for Governance International on 28 August 2012.
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