Can you send the link to the news piece?
There is some analysis of cost in the Cochrane review and you can see what trials have informed these analyses
https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD004667.pub5/abstract
and there is further analysis by Ryan
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S026661381200037X
by Vanessa Scarf in our book on implementing continuity
https://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=kPaKDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA137&dq=declan+devane+continuity&ots=HWYSv5E8RN&sig=xd4nIGRgXODw_sG48RIWn1eXK80&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=declan%20devane%20continuity&f=false
Part of the problem is that costs saved may well come from a different budget to costs incurred, but this is common across all healthcare. Another issue is that studies in one health system are difficult to translate to another, but there are Australian trials in the review.
Vanessa Scarfs (UTS) chapter is the most recent .
Regards
Jane Sandall
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