Abstract
High rates of health needs among adults with intellectual disabilities flag the need for information about the economic consequences of strategies to identify and address unmet needs. Health-check interventions are one such strategy, and have been demonstrated to effect health gains over the following 12-month period. However, little is known about their effects on service use and costs, and hence how affordable such interventions are. We examined service use patterns and costs over a 12-month period for 50 adult participants with intellectual disabilities who received a health-check intervention and 50 individually matched control participants who received standard care only.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 426-439 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Journal of Intellectual Disability Research |
Volume | 53 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - May 2009 |
Keywords
- intellectual disabilities
- health screening
- health economics