The economic value of empowering older patients transitioning from hospital to home: evidence from the ‘Your Care Needs You’ intervention
The results suggest that YCNY is a potentially cost-effective strategy for improving hospital-to-home transitions for older adults. The study supports integrating patient-involved interventions like YCNY into routine NHS practice, with the potential to improve both efficiency and quality of healthcare delivery.
Authors
- Jenni Murray (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0563-0020)
- Rebecca Lawton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5832-402X)
- Alison Cracknell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2407-1001)
- Alfredo Palacios (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7684-0880)
- Simon Walker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5750-3691)
- Gerry Richardson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2360-4566)
- Beth Woods
- Catherine Hewitt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5184-2027)
Institutions
- University of Leeds (GB)
- York University (CA)
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (GB)
- Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- University of York (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Age and Ageing
- Published
- 2025-11-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaf346
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.22