Improving value in health care is of paramount importance, and doing so will require focus on both the costs and benefits of care. Palliative care addresses symptoms of disease regardless of prognosis, helps patients clarify their goals of care, and is key in improving value in the health care system.

BACKGROUND intermediate care (IC) services operate between health and social care and are an essential component of integrated care for older people. Patient Reported Experience Measures (PREMs) offer an objective measure of user experience and a practical way to measure person-centred, integrated care in IC settings. OBJECTIVE to describe the development of PREMs suitable for use in IC servi...

Methodological design issues in longitudinal studies of children and young people in out-of-home care Literature review Methodological design issues in longitudinal studies of children and young people in out-of-home care i Methodological design issues in longitudinal studies of children and young people in out-of-home care Executive summary 1 1. Introduction 3 1.1 Methodology used for this rev...

The use of home care services, particularly by older persons, has increased dramatically in recent years. This trend has been fueled by increased public funding for home care, shortened hospital stays that often result in a need for followup care, advances in medical technology that facilitate home care treatment, and the desire of individuals to continue living in their homes rather than move ...