Cost of childhood acute otitis media in primary care in the Netherlands: economic analysis alongside a cluster randomised controlled trial.
BMC Health Serv Res
; 21(1): 193, 2021 Mar 04.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Acute otitis media (AOM) is among the most common paediatric conditions managed in primary care. Most recent estimates of the cost of AOM date from a decade ago and lack a full societal perspective. We therefore explored the societal cost of childhood AOM in the Netherlands within the setting of a trial comparing the effectiveness of an intervention aimed at educating general practitioners (GPs) about pain management in AOM compared to usual care.METHODS:
Economic analysis alongside a cluster randomised controlled trial conducted between February 2015 and May 2018 in 37 practices (94 GPs). In total, 224 children with AOM were included of which 223 (99%) completed the trial (intervention n = 94; control n = 129). The cost of AOM due to health care costs, patient and family costs, and productivity losses by parent caregivers were retrieved from study diaries and primary care electronic health records, during 28-day follow-up. We calculated mean cost ( and $) per AOM episode per patient with standard deviations (SD, in ) regardless of study group assignment because there was no clinical effect of the trial intervention. In sensitivity analysis, we calculated cost in the intervention and usual care group, after exclusion of extreme outliers.RESULTS:
Mean total AOM cost per patient were 565.93 or $638.78 (SD 1071.01); nearly 90% of these costs were due to productivity losses experienced by parents. After exclusion of outliers, AOM cost was 526.70 or $594.50 (SD 987.96) and similar in the intervention and usual care groups 516.10 or $582.53 (SD 949.69) and 534.55 or $603.36 (SD 920.55) respectively.CONCLUSIONS:
At 566 or $639 per episode, societal cost of AOM is higher than previously known and mainly driven by productivity losses by children's parents. Considering its high incidence, AOM poses a significant economic burden that extends beyond direct medical costs. TRIAL REGISTRATION Netherlands Trial Register no. NTR4920 http//www.trialregister.nl/trialreg/admin/rctview.asp?TC=4920 .Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Otitis Media
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
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Health_economic_evaluation
Límite:
Child
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Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
BMC Health Serv Res
Asunto de la revista:
PESQUISA EM SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Año:
2021
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Países Bajos