Abstract
The need for evaluation of health care is a given in today's health service. Since demands are infinite and resources are finite there is an acceptance that cost considerations are integral to all interventions whether hospital or community based. This work looks at communitybased care and the dilemma of measuring services from practitioners engaged in providing community care. The article argues that any measurement should consider quality of life, a concept which continues to escape definition. There are questions around the effectiveness of Quality Adjusted Life Year (QALY) as an economic measure in this domain and some thought is given to an alternative ethical tool which seems to incorporate the individualism of today's society and the government's notion of community care.
Subject
Political Science and International Relations
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3 articles.
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