Document Detail


Cost-effectiveness of a quality improvement collaborative focusing on patients with diabetes.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20808258     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the lifelong health effects, costs, and cost-effectiveness of a quality improvement collaborative focusing on improving diabetes management in an integrated care setting. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Economic evaluation from a healthcare perspective with lifetime horizon alongside a nonrandomized, controlled, before-after study in the Netherlands. Analyses were based on 1861 diabetes patients in 6 intervention and 9 control regions, representing 37 general practices and 13 out-patient clinics. Change in the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study score, remaining lifetime, and costs per quality-adjusted life year gained were calculated. Probabilistic life tables were constructed using the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study risk engine, a validated diabetes model, and nonparametric bootstrapping of individual patient data. RESULTS: Annual United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study risk scores reduced for cardiovascular events (hazard ratio: 0.83 and 0.98) and cardiovascular mortality (hazard ratio: 0.78 and 0.88) for men and women, respectively. Life expectancy improved by 0.97 and 0.76 years for men and women, and quality-adjusted life years by 0.44 and 0.37, respectively. Higher life expectancy in the intervention group increased lifelong costs by &OV0556;860 for men and &OV0556;645 for women. Initial program costs were about &OV0556;22 per patient. The incremental costs per quality-adjusted life year were &OV0556;1937 for men and &OV0556;1751 for women compared with usual care costs. There is a probability >95% that the collaborative is cost-effective, using a threshold of &OV0556;20,000 per quality-adjusted life year. CONCLUSION: Optimizing integrated and patient-centered diabetes care through a quality-improvement collaborative is cost-effective compared with usual care.
Authors:
Loes M T Schouten; Louis W Niessen; Jeroen W A M van de Pas; Richard P T M Grol; Marlies E J L Hulscher
Related Documents :
16724768 - A time course analysis of enriched composition.
9627728 - Maintenance of bioenergetic balance in sperm and prevention of lipid peroxidation: a re...
16752168 - The cost burden of diabetes mellitus: the evidence from germany--the codim study.
9262528 - Reducing the complications of type ii diabetes: a patient-centered approach.
17010638 - Attenuation of leptin and insulin signaling by socs proteins.
2421278 - The effect of insulin on the central serotonergic system of the rat.
Publication Detail:
Type:  Controlled Clinical Trial; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Medical care     Volume:  48     ISSN:  1537-1948     ISO Abbreviation:  Med Care     Publication Date:  2010 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-09-22     Completed Date:  2010-10-08     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0230027     Medline TA:  Med Care     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  884-91     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Dutch Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Utrecht, The Netherlands. l.schouten@cbo.nl
Data Bank Information
Bank Name/Acc. No.:
ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT00160017
Export Citation:
APA/MLA Format     Download EndNote     Download BibTex
MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Aged
Ambulatory Care Facilities / economics,  organization & administration*
Angina Pectoris / economics,  prevention & control
Cooperative Behavior
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / complications,  economics*,  prevention & control,  therapy*
Diabetic Angiopathies / economics,  prevention & control
Diabetic Nephropathies / economics,  prevention & control
Female
Humans
Kidney Failure, Chronic / economics,  prevention & control
Male
Middle Aged
Netherlands / epidemiology
Patient-Centered Care / economics,  organization & administration*
Quality Assurance, Health Care / economics,  organization & administration*
Quality of Life
Quality-Adjusted Life Years

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine


Previous Document:  Colorectal cancer screening in primary care: translating research into practice.
Next Document:  Controlling Costs Without Compromising Quality: Paying Hospitals for Total Knee Replacement.