Saving money with home care

Article Abstract:

A number of children in this country require long-term care using ventilators or other technological devices. Until recently, these children were required to remain in institutions, despite the fact that home care was feasible. Research has shown that not only do these children fare better emotionally when cared for at home, but that medical costs are substantially lower with home care than with institutional care. In the July 1991 issue of American Journal of Diseases of Children, a study by Alan I. Fields et al. reports that a program in Maryland, which enables children requiring respiratory care to receive it at home rather than in an institution, can save the state up to $80,000 per child per year. The study also showed that the major cost for such care, both in an institution and at home, was nursing care. This indicates that with careful planning and family support, home care costs might be further reduced. A program at the author's hospital uses a transitional period in which nursing care is initially allowed in the home for as many hours as needed and is gradually withdrawn as the family adjusts to providing as much care as it can. Problems associated with home care should not be overlooked. If home care drains a family's financial resources and seriously disrupts the emotional stability of the household, it is not beneficial. Further studies on the proper ways to implement home care are needed. (Consumer Summary produced by Reliance Medical Information, Inc.)

Care and treatment, Economic aspects, Home care services, Respiratory tract diseases, Child health services, editorial

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Tobacco money and medical research

Article Abstract:

The editorial writer looks at the tobacco industry's financing of medical research as a cynical attempt to buy respectability in the yes of the public. He applauds the Cancer Research Campaign to stand publicly and encourages more biological research professionals to join them.

Editorial, Statistical Data Included, Finance, Medical research, Public opinion, Tobacco industry

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Is magnet a money-maker?

Article Abstract:

The study, carried out in the state of New Jersey among selected hospitals, in order to ascertain the merits and financial implications of a Magnet rating, considered the gold standard in medical care.

New Jersey, Hospitals, Achievements and awards, Nursing care

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