Ageing population is challenging social and health care systems globally. There is an urgent need to develop new operational practices and social and health care resource efficiency. Technology-assisted services are regarded as one of the key solutions. These kinds of services are usually planned and developed as hybrid cooperation between public and private sector. However, it also needs to be assessed how effective the developed gero-technologies really are and how they create value, are not carried out as well as should have been. Different kinds of technology assessment models have been proposed in the literature, but there is a lack of models that measure and manage the overall cost-effectiveness of the new technology. This article introduces a model which was tested in elderly home care. The model was developed in hybrid cooperation mode. The key cost indicators in the model include the use of home care services/number of clients, the number of home visits to physical home care and the costs of visits, the number and costs of emergency calls, and the number of hospital days. The initial model was planned based on literature, and then followed a series of workshops and interviews to identify the critical indicators to produce information to react and support decision making, for forecasting and to modify the social and health care services in changing situations.

Authors:
Nina Helander, Tampere University, Finland
Hannele Väyrynen, Tampere University, Finland
Annamaija Paunu, Tampere University, Finland
Virpi Sillanpää, Tampere University, Finland

About the Presenter(s)
Professor Nina Helander is a University Professor/Principal Lecturer at Tampere University in Finland

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