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  • Predicting who will need costly care : how best to target preventive health, housing and social programmes.

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    King's Fund and Lewis, Geraint
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    This paper was commissioned by the UK government's Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG) as part of its National Strategy for Housing in an Ageing Society., As the population ages, the prevalence of complex conditions requiring intensive social care will increase to a point where the costs are difficult to sustain. To avoid this crisis, preventive 'upstream' interventions should be targeted at those people at lower, emerging risk. Evidence suggests that these interventions could avoid future ..., and Copyright HMSO

  • Case study : virtual wards at Croydon Primary Care Trust.

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    Croydon Primary Care Trust and King's Fund
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    Croydon Primary Care Trust has been piloting the practical use of the Combined Model on behalf of the King's Fund and Health Dialog since May 2006. It has developed a package of care called virtual wards that is offers solely to people at highest predicted risk. Part of the PARR ...