Table 4 Average length of the time periods and average service levels for an illustrative subset of services under the budget-constraint (BC) scenario
Post Event | Steady State | Post Event | Steady State | Post Event | Steady State | Post Event | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Period 1a | Period 1b | Period 2a | Period 2b | Period 3a | Period 3b | Period 4a | Period 4b | |
Event at start of period | Diagnosis | Increased care needs. Some degree of supervision necessary. | Hospitalised eg minor fall, UTI, pneumonia | Increased care needs and carer strain. Trigger event. | Nursing Home | |||
Average Length of period in weeks | 7.6 | 57.4 | 4 | 61 | 4.8 | 60.2 | 44 | 21 |
Total No. of Weeks per period | 65 | 65 | 65 | 65 | ||||
Home Help (hours per week) | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 9.0 | 16.8 | 0.0 |
Day Care (days per week) | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
Meals on Wheels (meals per week) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 0.0 |
Public Health Nurse (visits per period (a)/per year (b)) | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 4.2 | 1.2 | 4.6 | 9.2* | 0.0 |