Andrew Creese
Biographic Data
| ID | 3995327 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrew Creese |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrew |
| FAMILY NAME | Creese |
| SIGNATURE | CREESE A |
| AFFILIATIONS | St Thomas' Hospital |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Cost-effectiveness of HIV/Aids interventions in Africa
User charges for health care
This paper reviews recent experiences with increases in user charges and their effect on the utilization of health care. Evidence from several countries of differences in utilization between rich and poor is presented, and recent accounts of sharp, and often sustained, drops in utilization following fee increases, are presented and discussed. Fee income, appropriately used, represents a small but significant additional resource for health care. R…
Cost effectiveness of potential immunization interventions against diarrhoeal disease
The collection of service utilisation data
Social Support and Government Policy on Services for the Elderly
Government policy on services for the elderly is to increase the provision of care in the community. This paper examines this policy in relation to informal help received from relatives and friends. Drawing on the results of a pilot study of 92 people over the age of 75, registered in a group general practice, data are presented on the balance between informal and formal help over a group of activities of daily livhg. The main informal helpers ar…
Assessing Functional Status Among Elderly Patients
This paper describes a comparative analysis of questionnaire-based measures of functional status and clinical ratings of disability made by general practitioners and health visitors. Both approaches to functional assessment were used in rating 92 elderly primary care patients in terms of their performance of 13 mobility and self-help activities. Simple dichotomous and more complex trichotomous measures of performance were used to summarize functi…
Hospital or home care for the severely disabled
A case study of severely disabled patients needing regular mechanical help with breathing following poliomyelitis was set up in 1970 to establish what medical, technical, and social support would be required for home rather than hospital care. In this paper these two care alternatives are considered from an economic point of view and a detailed cost comparison is made between entirely hospital based care and predominantly home care
Cost effectiveness of potential immunization interventions against diarrhoeal disease
Social Support and Government Policy on Services for the Elderly
Government policy on services for the elderly is to increase the provision of care in the community. This paper examines this policy in relation to informal help received from relatives and friends. Drawing on the results of a pilot study of 92 people over the age of 75, registered in a group general practice, data are presented on the balance between informal and formal help over a group of activities of daily livhg. The main informal helpers ar…
Hospital or home care for the severely disabled
A case study of severely disabled patients needing regular mechanical help with breathing following poliomyelitis was set up in 1970 to establish what medical, technical, and social support would be required for home rather than hospital care. In this paper these two care alternatives are considered from an economic point of view and a detailed cost comparison is made between entirely hospital based care and predominantly home care
The collection of service utilisation data
Social Support and Government Policy on Services for the Elderly
Government policy on services for the elderly is to increase the provision of care in the community. This paper examines this policy in relation to informal help received from relatives and friends. Drawing on the results of a pilot study of 92 people over the age of 75, registered in a group general practice, data are presented on the balance between informal and formal help over a group of activities of daily livhg. The main informal helpers ar…
Assessing Functional Status Among Elderly Patients
This paper describes a comparative analysis of questionnaire-based measures of functional status and clinical ratings of disability made by general practitioners and health visitors. Both approaches to functional assessment were used in rating 92 elderly primary care patients in terms of their performance of 13 mobility and self-help activities. Simple dichotomous and more complex trichotomous measures of performance were used to summarize functi…
Cost effectiveness of potential immunization interventions against diarrhoeal disease
User charges for health care
This paper reviews recent experiences with increases in user charges and their effect on the utilization of health care. Evidence from several countries of differences in utilization between rich and poor is presented, and recent accounts of sharp, and often sustained, drops in utilization following fee increases, are presented and discussed. Fee income, appropriately used, represents a small but significant additional resource for health care. R…
Cost-effectiveness of HIV/Aids interventions in Africa
Medicine (5 works) · Business (3 works) · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Health care (2 works)