Does a social prescribing 'holistic' link-worker for older people with complex, multimorbidity improve well-being and frailty and reduce health and social care use and costs? A 12-month before-and-after evaluation

J. Elston, F. Gradinger, S. Asthana, C. Lilley-Woolnough, S. Wroe, H. Harman, R. Byng
Prim Health Care Res Dev

To evaluate the impact of ‘holistic’ link-workers on service users’ well-being, activation and frailty, and their use of health and social care services and the associated costs.

Elston J, Gradinger F, Asthana S, et al. Does a social prescribing 'holistic' link-worker for older people with complex, multimorbidity improve well-being and frailty and reduce health and social care use and costs? A 12-month before-and-after evaluation. Prim Health Care Res Dev. 2019;20:e135. Published 2019 Sep 24. doi:10.1017/S1463423619000598

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Publication year

2019

Resource type

Peer Reviewed Research

Outcomes

Social Needs/ SDH

Study design

Pre-post without Comparison Group