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Cost-effectiveness of a multicomponent primary care program targeting frail elderly people

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Title
Cost-effectiveness of a multicomponent primary care program targeting frail elderly people
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BMC Primary Care, May 2018
DOI 10.1186/s12875-018-0735-4
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Franca G. H. Ruikes, Eddy M. Adang, Willem J. J. Assendelft, Henk J. Schers, Raymond T. C. M. Koopmans, Sytse U. Zuidema

Abstract

Over the last 20 years, integrated care programs for frail elderly people aimed to prevent functional dependence and reduce hospitalization and institutionalization. However, results have been inconsistent and merely modest. To date, evidence on the cost-effectiveness of these programs is scarce. We evaluated the cost-effectiveness of the CareWell program, a multicomponent integrated care program for frail elderly people. Economic evaluation from a healthcare perspective embedded in a cluster controlled trial of 12 months in 12 general practices in (the region of) Nijmegen. Two hundred and four frail elderly from 6 general practices in the intervention group received care according to the CareWell program, consisting of multidisciplinary team meetings, proactive care planning, case management, and medication reviews; 165 frail elderly from 6 general practices in the control group received usual care. In cost-effectiveness analyses, we related costs to daily functioning (Katz-15 change score i.e. follow up score minus baseline score) and quality adjusted life years (EQ-5D-3 L). Adjusted mean costs directly related to the intervention were €456 per person. Adjusted mean total costs, i.e. intervention costs plus healthcare utilization costs, were €1583 (95% CI -4647 to 1481) higher in the intervention group than in the control group. Incremental Net Monetary Benefits did not show significant differences between groups, but on average tended to favour usual care. The CareWell primary program was not cost-effective after 12 months. From a cost-effectiveness perspective, widespread implementation of the program in its current form cannot be recommended. The study was registered in the ClinicalTrials.govProtocol Registration System: ( NCT01499797 ; December 26, 2011). Retrospectively registered.

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Unknown 118 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 13 11%
Student > Master 13 11%
Student > Bachelor 13 11%
Researcher 11 9%
Other 8 7%
Other 21 18%
Unknown 39 33%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 24 20%
Nursing and Health Professions 21 18%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 7 6%
Social Sciences 6 5%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 3 3%
Other 10 8%
Unknown 47 40%
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