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J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis ; 30(10): 105934, 2021 Oct.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34167871

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OBJECTIVES: Standard medical management of spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) and surgical hematoma evacuation starkly differ, and whilst landmark randomised control trials report no clinical benefit of early surgical evacuation compared with medical treatment in supratentorial ICH, minimally invasive surgery (MIS) with thrombolysis has been neglected within these studies. However, recent technological advancements in MIS have renewed interest in the surgical treatment of ICH. Several economic evaluations have focused on the benefits of MIS in ischaemic stroke management, but no economic evaluations have yet been performed comparing MIS to standard medical treatment for ICH. MATERIALS AND METHOD: All costs were sourced from the UK in GBP. Where possible, the 2019/2020 NHS reference costs were used. The MISTIE III study was used to analyse the outcomes of patients undergoing either MIS or standard medical treatment in this economic evaluation. RESULTS: The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) for MIS was £485,240.26 for every quality-adjusted life year (QALY) gained. Although MIS resulted in a higher QALY compared to medical treatment, the gain was insignificant at 0.011 QALY. Four sensitivity analyses based on combinations of alternative EQ-5D values and categorisation of MIS outcomes, alongside alterations to the cost of significant adverse events, were performed to check the robustness of the ICER calculation. The most realistic sensitivity analysis showed a potential increase in cost effectiveness when clot size is reduced to <15ml, with the ICER falling to £74,335.57. DISCUSSION: From the perspective of the NHS, MIS with thrombolysis is not cost-effective compared to optimal medical treatment. ICER shows that intention-to-treat MIS would require a cost of £485,240.26 to gain one extra QALY, which is significantly above the NHS threshold of £30,000. Further UK studies with ICH survivor utilities, more replicable surgical technique, and the reporting of clot size reduction are indicated as the present sensitivity analysis suggests that MIS is promising. Greater detail about outcomes and complications would ensure improved cost-benefit analyses and support valid and efficient allocation of resources by the NHS.


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Costos de la Atención en Salud , Accidente Cerebrovascular Hemorrágico/economía , Accidente Cerebrovascular Hemorrágico/terapia , Procedimientos Quirúrgicos Mínimamente Invasivos/economía , Terapia Trombolítica/economía , Análisis Costo-Beneficio , Accidente Cerebrovascular Hemorrágico/diagnóstico por imagen , Humanos , Procedimientos Quirúrgicos Mínimamente Invasivos/efectos adversos , Modelos Económicos , Calidad de Vida , Años de Vida Ajustados por Calidad de Vida , Medicina Estatal/economía , Terapia Trombolítica/efectos adversos , Factores de Tiempo , Resultado del Tratamiento , Reino Unido
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Clin Exp Allergy ; 50(10): 1159-1165, 2020 10.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32686204

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OBJECTIVES: To understand parent preferences for NHS paediatric allergy services. DESIGN: A stated preference study (discrete choice experiment). SETTING: West Midlands, UK. PARTICIPANTS: A sample of parents of children aged 16 years or younger recruited from the general population through a third party company approved by the University of Birmingham. INTERVENTION: An online questionnaire with 18 choice questions describing two hypothetical paediatric allergy specialist clinics described in terms of the clinician, information provision, additional facilities, waiting times and out of pocket expenses. Main outcome measures Preference and willingness to pay estimates for each of the specified attributes. RESULTS: Parents strongly preferred that their children be reviewed by consultants or specialist nurses formally trained in allergy compared with consultants with no formal allergy training [Willingness to pay (WTP) estimates for nurse specialist £150.9 (138.8-163.2), trained allergy consultants £218.7 (205.7-231.9), compared with consultants without formal training]. They were willing to wait longer to see trained practitioners. Parents also expressed a strong preference for improving online information regarding allergies [WTP for written information £18.4 (6.1-30.6) and £72.6 for improved online information (59.9-85.3), compared with verbal information]. Specialist clinics with additional dietician and eczema support were also preferred [WTP £29.9 (19.8-40.1), compared with no additional support]. CONCLUSIONS: Parents showed strong preference for formally trained practitioners in specialist allergy clinics. Access to improved online allergy information and additional facilities within allergy clinics were also preferred. These findings have implications for future commissioning of paediatric allergy services in the UK.


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Alergia e Inmunología , Conducta de Elección , Prestación Integrada de Atención de Salud , Conocimientos, Actitudes y Práctica en Salud , Hipersensibilidad/terapia , Padres/psicología , Medicina Estatal , Acceso a la Información , Adolescente , Adulto , Alergia e Inmunología/economía , Alergia e Inmunología/organización & administración , Niño , Preescolar , Prestación Integrada de Atención de Salud/economía , Prestación Integrada de Atención de Salud/organización & administración , Inglaterra , Femenino , Costos de la Atención en Salud , Encuestas de Atención de la Salud , Gastos en Salud , Humanos , Hipersensibilidad/diagnóstico , Hipersensibilidad/inmunología , Lactante , Recién Nacido , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Derivación y Consulta , Especialización , Medicina Estatal/economía , Medicina Estatal/organización & administración , Factores de Tiempo , Listas de Espera , Adulto Joven
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Open Heart ; 7(2)2020 07.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32690548

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INTRODUCTION: Patient evaluation before cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) remains heterogeneous across centres and it is suspected a proportion of patients with unfavourable characteristics proceed to implantation. We developed a unique CRT preassessment clinic (CRT PAC) to act as a final review for patients already considered for CRT. We hypothesised that this clinic would identify some patients unsuitable for CRT through updated investigations and review. The purpose of this analysis was to determine whether the CRT PAC led to savings for the National Health Service (NHS). METHODS: A decision tree model was made to evaluate two clinical pathways; (1) standard of care where all patients initially seen in an outpatient cardiology clinic proceeded directly to CRT and (2) management of patients in CRT PAC. RESULTS: 244 patients were reviewed in the CRT PAC; 184 patients were eligible to proceed directly for implantation and 48 patients did not meet consensus guidelines for CRT so were not implanted. Following CRT, 82.4% of patients had improvement in their clinical composite score and 57.7% had reduction in left ventricular end-systolic volume ≥15%. Using the decision tree model, by reviewing patients in the CRT PAC, the total savings for the NHS was £966 880. Taking into consideration the additional cost of the clinic and by applying this model structure throughout the NHS, the potential savings could be as much as £39 million. CONCLUSIONS: CRT PAC appropriately selects patients and leads to substantial savings for the NHS. Adopting this clinic across the NHS has the potential to save £39 million.


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Terapia de Resincronización Cardíaca/economía , Toma de Decisiones Clínicas , Prestación Integrada de Atención de Salud/economía , Costos de la Atención en Salud , Cardiopatías/economía , Cardiopatías/terapia , Servicio Ambulatorio en Hospital/economía , Selección de Paciente , Medicina Estatal/economía , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Terapia de Resincronización Cardíaca/efectos adversos , Ahorro de Costo , Análisis Costo-Beneficio , Técnicas de Apoyo para la Decisión , Árboles de Decisión , Prestación Integrada de Atención de Salud/organización & administración , Femenino , Cardiopatías/diagnóstico , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Modelos Económicos , Servicio Ambulatorio en Hospital/organización & administración , Evaluación de Programas y Proyectos de Salud , Derivación y Consulta/economía , Medicina Estatal/organización & administración , Reino Unido
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Clin Exp Dermatol ; 45(8): 1040-1043, 2020 Dec.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32407594

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Psoriasis remains one of the commonest conditions seen in dermatological practice, and its treatment is one of the greatest cost burdens for the UK National Health Service. Treatment of psoriasis is complex, with numerous overlapping lines and therapies used in combination. This complexity reflects the underlying pathophysiology of the disease as well as the heterogeneous population that it affects. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance for the treatment of psoriasis has been available since 2013, and has been the subject of three national audits conducted by the British Association of Dermatologists. This report synthesizes the results of the most recent of those exercises and places it in the context of the NICE guidance and previous audits. It clearly shows the significant burden of disease, issues with provision of services and long waiting times and the marked shift in therapies towards targeted biologic therapies.


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Terapia Biológica/métodos , Psoriasis/diagnóstico , Psoriasis/terapia , Medicina Estatal/economía , Administración Tópica , Terapia Biológica/estadística & datos numéricos , Terapia Combinada/métodos , Costo de Enfermedad , Dermatólogos/organización & administración , Humanos , Auditoría Médica/estadística & datos numéricos , Fototerapia/métodos , Fototerapia/estadística & datos numéricos , Psoriasis/fisiopatología , Psoriasis/psicología , Sistemas de Apoyo Psicosocial , Medicina Estatal/organización & administración , Reino Unido/epidemiología , Listas de Espera
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Ont Health Technol Assess Ser ; 20(2): 1-121, 2020.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32194880

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BACKGROUND: Surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) is the conventional treatment in patients at low or intermediate surgical risk. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a less invasive procedure, originally developed as an alternative for patients at high or prohibitive surgical risk. METHODS: We conducted a health technology assessment of TAVI versus SAVR in patients with severe, symptomatic aortic valve stenosis at intermediate surgical risk, which included an evaluation of effectiveness, safety, cost-effectiveness, budget impact, and patient preferences and values. We performed a literature search to retrieve systematic reviews and selected one that was relevant to our research question. We complemented the systematic review with a literature search to identify randomized controlled trials published after the review. Applicable, previously published cost-effectiveness analyses were available, so we did not conduct a primary economic evaluation. We analyzed the net budget impact of publicly funding TAVI in people at intermediate surgical risk in Ontario. To contextualize the potential value of TAVI for people at intermediate surgical risk, we spoke with people who had aortic valve stenosis and their families. RESULTS: We identified two randomized controlled trials; they found that in patients with severe, symptomatic aortic valve stenosis, TAVI was noninferior to SAVR with respect to the composite endpoint of all-cause mortality or disabling stroke within 2 years of follow-up (GRADE: High). However, compared with SAVR, TAVI had a higher risk of some complications and a lower risk of others. Device-related costs for TAVI (approximately $23,000) are much higher than for SAVR (approximately $6,000). Based on two published cost-effectiveness analyses conducted from the perspective of the Ontario Ministry of Health, TAVI was more expensive and, on average, more effective (i.e., it produced more quality-adjusted life-years) than SAVR. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratios showed that TAVI may be cost-effective, but the probability of TAVI being cost-effective versus SAVR was less than 60% at a willingness-to-pay value of $100,000 per quality-adjusted life-year. The net budget impact of publicly funding TAVI in Ontario would be about $2 million to $3 million each year for the next 5 years. This cost may be reduced if people receiving TAVI have a shorter hospital stay (≤ 3 days). We interviewed 13 people who had lived experience with aortic valve stenosis. People who had undergone TAVI reported reduced physical and psychological effects and a shorter recovery time. Patients and caregivers living in remote or northern regions reported lower out-of-pocket costs with TAVI because the length of hospital stay was reduced. People said that TAVI increased their quality of life in the short-term immediately after the procedure. CONCLUSIONS: In people with severe, symptomatic aortic valve stenosis at intermediate surgical risk, TAVI was similar to SAVR with respect to the composite endpoint of all-cause mortality or disabling stroke. However, the two treatments had different patterns of complications. The study authors also noted that longer follow-up is needed to assess the durability of the TAVI valve. Compared with SAVR, TAVI may provide good value for money, but publicly funding TAVI in Ontario would result in additional costs over the next 5 years. People with aortic valve stenosis who had undergone TAVI appreciated its less invasive nature and reported a substantial reduction in physical and psychological effects after the procedure, improving their quality of life.


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Estenosis de la Válvula Aórtica/economía , Estenosis de la Válvula Aórtica/cirugía , Cateterismo Cardíaco/economía , Reemplazo de la Válvula Aórtica Transcatéter/economía , Válvula Aórtica/cirugía , Cateterismo Cardíaco/estadística & datos numéricos , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Años de Vida Ajustados por Calidad de Vida , Ensayos Clínicos Controlados Aleatorios como Asunto , Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad , Medicina Estatal/economía , Evaluación de la Tecnología Biomédica/economía , Reemplazo de la Válvula Aórtica Transcatéter/estadística & datos numéricos , Resultado del Tratamiento
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Cardiovasc Res ; 116(11): 1918-1924, 2020 09 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31807773

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AIMS: In the COMPASS trial, rivaroxaban 2.5 mg twice daily (bid) plus acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) 100 mg once daily (od) performed better than ASA 100 mg od alone in reducing the rate of cardiovascular disease, stroke, or myocardial infarction (MI) in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and peripheral artery disease (PAD). A Markov model was developed to assess the cost-effectiveness of rivaroxaban plus ASA vs. ASA alone over a lifetime horizon, from the UK National Health System perspective. METHODS AND RESULTS: The base case analysis assumed that patients entered the model in the event-free health state, with the possibility to experience ≤2 events, transitioning every three-month cycle, through acute and post-acute health states of MI, ischaemic stroke (IS), or intracranial haemorrhage (ICH), and death. Costs, quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs), life years-all discounted at 3.5%-and incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs) were calculated. Deterministic and probabilistic sensitivity analyses were conducted, as well as scenario analyses. In the model, patients on rivaroxaban plus ASA lived for an average of 14.0 years with no IS/MI/ICH, and gained 9.7 QALYs at a cost of £13 947, while those receiving ASA alone lived for an average of 12.7 years and gained 9.3 QALYs at a cost of £8126. The ICER was £16 360 per QALY. This treatment was cost-effective in 98% of 5000 iterations at a willingness-to-pay threshold of £30 000 per QALY. CONCLUSION: This Markov model suggests that rivaroxaban 2.5 mg bid plus ASA is a cost-effective alternative to ASA alone in patients with chronic CAD or PAD.


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Enfermedad de la Arteria Coronaria/tratamiento farmacológico , Enfermedad de la Arteria Coronaria/economía , Costos de los Medicamentos , Inhibidores del Factor Xa/economía , Inhibidores del Factor Xa/uso terapéutico , Enfermedad Arterial Periférica/tratamiento farmacológico , Enfermedad Arterial Periférica/economía , Rivaroxabán/economía , Rivaroxabán/uso terapéutico , Aspirina/economía , Aspirina/uso terapéutico , Enfermedad de la Arteria Coronaria/mortalidad , Análisis Costo-Beneficio , Quimioterapia Combinada , Inhibidores del Factor Xa/efectos adversos , Humanos , Cadenas de Markov , Modelos Económicos , Enfermedad Arterial Periférica/mortalidad , Supervivencia sin Progresión , Calidad de Vida , Años de Vida Ajustados por Calidad de Vida , Rivaroxabán/efectos adversos , Medicina Estatal/economía , Factores de Tiempo , Reino Unido
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PLoS One ; 14(11): e0224142, 2019.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31697746

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BACKGROUND: Needlestick injury (NSI) is one of the most burdensome professional hazards in any medical setting; it can lead to transmission of fatal infectious diseases, such as hepatitis B, hepatitis C and human immunodeficiency virus. In the United States, the annual cost burden was estimated as somewhere between $118 million to $591 million; in the United Kingdom it is approximated to be £500,000 (US$919,117.65) per the National Health Service. METHOD: This is the first published paper on the national cost burden of NSIs in Japan. A systematic literature review was conducted to review previous study design in global studies and to extract parameter values from Japanese studies. We conducted abstract searches through PubMed and the Japan Medical Abstracts Society (Ichushi), together with grey literature and snowball searches. A simple economic model was developed to calculate cost burden of NSIs from a societal perspective over a one-year time horizon. We assumed all NSIs are reported and perfect adherence in post NSI management that presented in the labour compensation scheme. Local guidelines were also referenced to extract resource utilization. Lastly, a deterministic sensitivity analysis was conducted and a scenario analysis which considered a payer perspective was also included. RESULT AND CONCLUSION: The national cost burden of in-hospital NSIs is estimated as ¥33.4 billion (US$302 million) annually, based on an average cost per NSI of ¥63,711 (US$577) and number of NSIs at 525,000/year. 70% of the cost is due to initial laboratory tests, followed by productivity loss, estimated at 20% of the total cost. Cost of contaminated NSIs remains at 5% of the total cost. Change in number of NSIs significantly influences outcomes. Variation in post-exposure management practices suggests a need for NSI specific National guidelines and holistic labour compensation scheme development in Japan.


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Personal de Salud , Lesiones por Pinchazo de Aguja/economía , Profilaxis Posexposición/métodos , Medicina Estatal/economía , Costos y Análisis de Costo , Femenino , VIH/patogenicidad , Hepacivirus/patogenicidad , Humanos , Japón/epidemiología , Masculino , Lesiones por Pinchazo de Aguja/epidemiología , Lesiones por Pinchazo de Aguja/virología
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BMJ Open ; 9(9): e028278, 2019 09 06.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31494602

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OBJECTIVE: Evaluate relative clinical effectiveness of treatment options for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) using a statistical model of real-world evidence within UK general practitioner practices (GPP), to quantify the opportunities for diabetes care performance improvement. METHOD: From the National Diabetes Audit in 2015-2016 and 2016-2017, GPP target glycaemic control (TGC-%HbA1c ≤58 mmol/mol) and higher glycaemic risk (HGR -%HbA1c results >86 mmol/mol) outcomes were linked using multivariate linear regression to prescribing, demographics and practice service indicators. This was carried out both cross-sectionally (XS) (within year) and longitudinally (Lo) (across years) on 35 indicators. Standardised ß coefficients were used to show relative level of impact of each factor. Improvement opportunity was calculated as impact on TGC & HGR numbers. RESULTS: Values from 6525 GPP with 2.7 million T2DM individuals were included. The cross-sectional model accounted for up to 28% TGC variance and 35% HGR variance, and the longitudinal model accounted for up to 9% TGC and 17% HGR variance. Practice service indicators including % achieving routine checks/blood pressure/cholesterol control targets were positively correlated, while demographic indicators including % younger age/social deprivation/white ethnicity were negatively correlated. The ß values for selected molecules are shown as (increased TGC; decreased HGR), canagliflozin (XS 0.07;0.145/Lo 0.04;0.07), metformin (XS 0.12;0.04/Lo -;-), sitagliptin (XS 0.06;0.02/Lo 0.10;0.06), empagliflozin (XS-;0.07/Lo 0.09;0.07), dapagliflozin (XS -;0.04/Lo -;0.4), sulphonylurea (XS -0.18;-0.12/Lo-;-) and insulin (XS-0.14;0.02/ Lo-0.09;-). Moving all GPP prescribing and interventions to the equivalent of the top performing decile of GPP could result in total patients in TGC increasing from 1.90 million to 2.14 million, and total HGR falling from 191 000 to 123 000. CONCLUSIONS: GPP using more legacy therapies such as sulphonylurea/insulin demonstrate poorer outcomes, while those applying holistic patient management/use of newer molecules demonstrate improved glycaemic outcomes. If all GPP moved service levels/prescribing to those of the top decile, both TGC/HGR could be substantially improved.


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Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/tratamiento farmacológico , Monitoreo de Drogas/economía , Hiperglucemia/prevención & control , Hipoglucemia/prevención & control , Hipoglucemiantes/uso terapéutico , Pautas de la Práctica en Medicina , Estudios Transversales , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/sangre , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/economía , Costos de los Medicamentos , Resistencia a Medicamentos , Medicina General/organización & administración , Hemoglobina Glucada/análisis , Humanos , Hipoglucemia/inducido químicamente , Hipoglucemiantes/efectos adversos , Hipoglucemiantes/economía , Auditoría Médica , Educación del Paciente como Asunto/economía , Guías de Práctica Clínica como Asunto , Mejoramiento de la Calidad/economía , Calidad de la Atención de Salud/economía , Análisis de Regresión , Medicina Estatal/economía , Reino Unido
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BMC Health Serv Res ; 19(1): 485, 2019 Jul 16.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31307442

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BACKGROUND: Non-communicable diseases are the leading cause of death in England, and poor diet and physical inactivity are two of the principle behavioural risk factors. In the context of increasingly constrained financial resources, decision makers in England need to be able to compare the potential costs and health outcomes of different public health policies aimed at improving these risk factors in order to know where to invest so that they can maximise population health. This paper describes PRIMEtime CE, a multistate life table cost-effectiveness model that can directly compare interventions affecting multiple disease outcomes. METHODS: The multistate life table model, PRIMEtime Cost Effectiveness (PRIMEtime CE), is developed from the Preventable Risk Integrated ModEl (PRIME) and the PRIMEtime model. PRIMEtime CE uses routinely available data to estimate how changing diet and physical activity in England affects morbidity and mortality from heart disease, stroke, diabetes, liver disease, and cancers either directly or via raised blood pressure, cholesterol, and body weight. RESULTS: Model outcomes are change in quality adjusted life years, and change in English National Health Service and social care costs. CONCLUSION: This paper describes PRIMEtime CE and highlights its main strengths and limitations. The model can be used to compare any number of public policies affecting diet and physical activity, allowing decision makers to understand how they can maximise population health with limited financial resources.


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Dieta , Ejercicio Físico , Promoción de la Salud/economía , Tablas de Vida , Adolescente , Adulto , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Niño , Preescolar , Análisis Costo-Beneficio , Inglaterra , Femenino , Humanos , Lactante , Recién Nacido , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Programas Nacionales de Salud/economía , Política Pública , Años de Vida Ajustados por Calidad de Vida , Factores de Riesgo , Medicina Estatal/economía , Adulto Joven
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BMC Health Serv Res ; 19(1): 489, 2019 Jul 16.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31307459

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BACKGROUND: PRIMEtime CE is a multistate life table model that can directly compare the cost effectiveness of public health interventions affecting diet and physical activity levels, helping to inform decisions about how to spend finite resources. This paper estimates the costs and health outcomes in England of two scenarios: reformulating salt and expanding subsidised access to leisure centres. The results are used to help validate PRIMEtime CE, following the steps outlined in the Assessment of the Validation Status of Health-Economic decision models (AdViSHE) tool. METHODS: The PRIMEtime CE model estimates the difference in quality adjusted life years (QALYs) and difference in NHS and social care costs of modelled interventions compared with doing nothing. The salt reformulation scenario models how salt consumption would change if food producers met the 2017 UK Food Standards Agency salt reformulation targets. The leisure centre scenario models change in physical activity levels if the Birmingham Be Active scheme (where swimming pools and gym access is free to residents during defined periods) was rolled out across England. The AdViSHE tool was developed by health economic modellers and divides model validation into five parts: validation of the conceptual model, input data validation, validation of computerised model, operational validation, and other validation techniques. PRIMEtime CE is discussed in relation to each part. RESULTS: Salt reformulation was dominant compared with doing nothing, and had a 10-year return on investment of £1.44 (£0.50 to £2.94) for every £1 spent. By contrast, over 10 years the Be Active expansion would cost £727,000 (£514,000 to £1,064,000) per QALY. PRIMEtime CE has good face validity of its conceptual model and has robust input data. Cross-validation produces mixed results and shows the impact of model scope, input parameters, and model structure on cost-per-QALY estimates. CONCLUSIONS: This paper illustrates how PRIMEtime CE can be used to compare the cost-effectiveness of two different public health measures affecting diet and physical activity levels. The AdViSHE tool helps to validate PRIMEtime CE, identifies some of the key drivers of model estimates, and highlights the challenges of externally validating public health economic models against independent data.


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Alimentos/normas , Actividades Recreativas/economía , Modelos Económicos , Salud Pública/economía , Sodio en la Dieta/normas , Adolescente , Adulto , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Análisis Costo-Beneficio , Inglaterra , Ejercicio Físico , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Programas Nacionales de Salud/economía , Años de Vida Ajustados por Calidad de Vida , Reproducibilidad de los Resultados , Sodio en la Dieta/administración & dosificación , Medicina Estatal/economía , Adulto Joven
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Med Law Rev ; 27(1): 155-164, 2019 Feb 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30856273

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This case note discusses R (on the Application of National Aids Trust) v The National Health Service Commissioning Board (NHS England), The Local Government Association, The Secretary of State For Health [2016] EWCA Civ 1100. The case is an appeal on an earlier finding by the High Court that the power to commission pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) lies within National Health Service (NHS) England's competence, instead of being within the realm of local authorities' responsibilities. It now forms the sole piece of judicial guidance on NHS England's duties under the National Health Service Act 2006 and is significant for the process by which the Court of Appeal reached its decision. Rather than adhere to the literal meaning of relevant legislation, the judges engaged in a holistic examination of the issue to reach a functional and sensible decision. Examining this case under the lens of both legal theory and pragmatism, comment is made on the soundness of the judges' approach and it is argued that the decision reached was the correct one. This case now forms binding precedent on this issue and the clear process by which the judges reached their conclusion may form instructive guidance for similar such problems in the future.


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Infecciones por VIH/prevención & control , Profilaxis Pre-Exposición/legislación & jurisprudencia , Medicina Estatal/legislación & jurisprudencia , Inglaterra , Humanos , Profilaxis Pre-Exposición/economía , Medicina Preventiva/economía , Medicina Preventiva/legislación & jurisprudencia , Salud Pública/legislación & jurisprudencia , Medicina Estatal/economía
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Health Technol Assess ; 21(46): 1-366, 2017 08.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28857042

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BACKGROUND: Depression is a common, debilitating and costly disorder. The best-evidenced psychological therapy - cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) - is complex and costly. A simpler therapy, behavioural activation (BA), may be an effective alternative. OBJECTIVES: To determine the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of BA compared with CBT for depressed adults at 12 and 18 months' follow-up, and to investigate the processes of treatments. DESIGN: Randomised controlled, non-inferiority trial stratified by depression severity, antidepressant use and recruitment site, with embedded process evaluation; and randomisation by remote computer-generated allocation. SETTING: Three community mental health services in England. PARTICIPANTS: Adults aged ≥ 18 years with major depressive disorder (MDD) recruited from primary care and psychological therapy services. INTERVENTIONS: BA delivered by NHS junior mental health workers (MHWs); CBT by NHS psychological therapists. OUTCOMES: Primary: depression severity (as measured via the Patient Health Questionnaire-9; PHQ-9) at 12 months. Secondary: MDD status; number of depression-free days; anxiety (as measured via the Generalised Anxiety Disorder-7); health-related quality of life (as measured via the Short Form questionnaire-36 items) at 6, 12 and 18 months; and PHQ-9 at 6 and 18 months, all collected by assessors blinded to treatment allocation. Non-inferiority margin was 1.9 PHQ-9 points. We undertook intention-to-treat (ITT) and per protocol (PP) analyses. We explored cost-effectiveness by collecting direct treatment and other health- and social-care costs and calculating quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) using the EuroQol-5 Dimensions, three-level version, at 18 months. RESULTS: We recruited 440 participants (BA, n = 221; CBT, n = 219); 175 (79%) BA and 189 (86%) CBT participants provided ITT data and 135 (61%) BA and 151 (69%) CBT participants provided PP data. At 12 months we found that BA was non-inferior to CBT {ITT: CBT 8.4 PHQ-9 points [standard deviation (SD) 7.5 PHQ-9 points], BA 8.4 PHQ-9 points (SD 7.0 PHQ-9 points), mean difference 0.1 PHQ-9 points, 95% confidence interval (CI) -1.3 to 1.5 PHQ-9 points, p = 0.89; PP: CBT 7.9 PHQ-9 points (SD 7.3 PHQ-9 points), BA 7.8 PHQ-9 points (SD 6.5 PHQ-9 points), mean difference 0.0 PHQ-9 points, 95% CI -1.5 to 1.6 PHQ-9 points, p = 0.99}. We found no differences in secondary outcomes. We found a significant difference in mean intervention costs (BA, £975; CBT, £1235; p < 0.001), but no differences in non-intervention (hospital, community health, social care and medication costs) or total (non-intervention plus intervention) costs. Costs were lower and QALY outcomes better in the BA group, generating an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of -£6865. The probability of BA being cost-effective compared with CBT was almost 80% at the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's preferred willingness-to-pay threshold of £20,000-30,000 per QALY. There were no trial-related adverse events. LIMITATIONS: In this pragmatic trial many depressed participants in both groups were also taking antidepressant medication, although most had been doing so for a considerable time before entering the trial. Around one-third of participants chose not to complete a PP dose of treatment, a finding common in both psychotherapy trials and routine practice. CONCLUSIONS: We found that BA is as effective as CBT, more cost-effective and can be delivered by MHWs with no professional training in psychological therapies. FUTURE WORK: Settings and countries with a paucity of professionally qualified psychological therapists, might choose to investigate the delivery of effective psychological therapy for depression without the need to develop an extensive and costly professional infrastructure. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN27473954. FUNDING: This project was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment programme and will be published in full in Health Technology Assessment; Vol. 21, No. 46. See the NIHR Journals Library website for further project information.


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Antidepresivos/uso terapéutico , Terapia Cognitivo-Conductual/métodos , Análisis Costo-Beneficio , Trastorno Depresivo Mayor/terapia , Resultado del Tratamiento , Adulto , Ansiedad , Trastorno Depresivo Mayor/psicología , Inglaterra , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Años de Vida Ajustados por Calidad de Vida , Medicina Estatal/economía , Encuestas y Cuestionarios
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Trials ; 18(1): 179, 2017 04 17.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28412960

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BACKGROUND: Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) has been the standard operation for benign prostatic obstruction (BPO) for 40 years, with approximately 25,000 procedures performed annually, and has remained largely unchanged. It is generally a successful operation, but has well-documented risks for the patient. Thulium laser transurethral vaporesection of the prostate (ThuVARP) vaporises and resects the prostate using a surgical technique similar to TURP. The small amount of study data currently available suggests that ThuVARP may have certain advantages over TURP, including reduced blood loss and shorter hospital stay, earlier return to normal activities, and shorter duration of catheterisation. DESIGN: A multicentre, pragmatic, randomised, controlled, parallel-group trial of ThuVARP versus standard TURP in men with BPO. Four hundred and ten men suitable for prostate surgery were randomised to receive either ThuVARP or TURP at four university teaching hospitals, and three district general hospitals. The key aim of the trial is to determine whether ThuVARP is equivalent to TURP judged on both the patient-reported International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) and the maximum urine flow rate (Qmax) at 12 months post-surgery. DISCUSSION: The general population has an increased life expectancy. As men get older their prostates enlarge, potentially causing BPO, which often requires surgery. Therefore, as the population ages, more prostate operations are needed to relieve obstruction. There is hence sustained interest in the condition and increasing need to find safer techniques than TURP. Various laser techniques have become available but none are widely used in the NHS because of lengthy training required for surgeons or inferior performance on clinical outcomes. Promising initial evidence from one RCT shows that ThuVARP has equivalent clinical effectiveness when compared to TURP, as well as other potential advantages. As ThuVARP uses a technique similar to that used in TURP, the learning curve is short, potentially making it also very quickly generalisable. This randomised study is designed to provide the high-quality evidence, in an NHS setting, with a range of patient-reported, clinical and cost-effectiveness outcomes, which will underpin and inform future NICE guidance. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ISRCTN registry, ISRCTN00788389 . Registered on 20 September 2013.


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Costos de Hospital , Terapia por Láser/economía , Rayos Láser , Prostatectomía/economía , Hiperplasia Prostática/cirugía , Medicina Estatal/economía , Tulio/economía , Resección Transuretral de la Próstata/economía , Protocolos Clínicos , Análisis Costo-Beneficio , Hospitales de Distrito , Hospitales Generales , Hospitales de Enseñanza , Humanos , Terapia por Láser/efectos adversos , Terapia por Láser/instrumentación , Rayos Láser/efectos adversos , Masculino , Medición de Resultados Informados por el Paciente , Prostatectomía/efectos adversos , Prostatectomía/instrumentación , Hiperplasia Prostática/diagnóstico , Hiperplasia Prostática/fisiopatología , Recuperación de la Función , Proyectos de Investigación , Tulio/efectos adversos , Factores de Tiempo , Resección Transuretral de la Próstata/efectos adversos , Resultado del Tratamiento , Reino Unido , Urodinámica
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