Effects of participating in community assets on quality of life and costs of care: longitudinal cohort study of older people in England

• Published in: BMJ open Vol. 10; no. 2; p. e033186
• Main Authors: Munford, Luke Aaron, Wilding, Anna, Bower, Peter, Sutton, Matt
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 06.02.2020; BMJ Publishing Group
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Chronic Pain - economics; Chronic Pain - epidemiology; Cohort analysis; Cohort Studies; Community; Community Participation - economics; Community Participation - statistics & numerical data; Comorbidity; Costs; England; Female; Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Older people; Participation; Patients; Primary care; Prospective Studies; Public Health; Quality of life; Quality of Life - psychology; Quality-Adjusted Life Years; Questionnaires; England; United Kingdom > UK; multimorbidity; administrative health care costs; community assets; social prescribing; societal net-benefit; long-term conditions

ObjectivesImproving outcomes for older people with long-term conditions and multimorbidity is a priority. Current policy commits to substantial expansion of social prescribing to community assets, such as charity, voluntary or community groups. We use longitudinal data to add to the limited evidence...