Análise de custos do transplante alogênico de células-tronco hematopoiéticas: uma revisão integrativa / Análisis de costo del trasplante alogénico de células madre hematopoyéticas: una revisión integradora / Cost of hematopoietic stem cell’s allogeneic transplantation: an integrative review

Objective: Identifying what has been produced on cost analysis of allogeneic transplantation of hematopoietic stem cell. Method: It consists of an integrative review, where was done a search of studies on cost analysis in allogeneic transplantation. Results: There were found 265 articles, which, after application of inclusion and exclusion criteria, 13 articles, with twelve in English and two in Portuguese were selected. Eleven of these articles have made partial cost analysis, a study done systematic review of cost-effectiveness; one made economic evaluation of cost-effectiveness and cost evaluation study made about coverage for curative catheter in transplantation. Conclusion: There is a gap in the area of economic evaluation studies and the nurse should occupy this space, not only as a care manager, but also of cost.

Objetivo: Identificar o que se tem sido produzido sobre análise de custos do transplante alogênico de células tronco hematopoiéticas. Método: Consta de uma revisão integrativa, em que se fez a busca de estudos sobre análise de custos em transplante alogênico. Resultados: Foram encontrados 265 artigos dos quais após aplicação dos fatores de inclusão e exclusão foram selecionados 13 artigos, sendo 12 de língua inglesa e dois de língua portuguesa. Onze desses artigos fizeram análise parcial de custos, um estudo fez revisão sistemática sobre custo-efetividade, um fez avaliação econômica de custo-efetividade e um estudo fez avaliação de custo sobre cobertura para curativo de cateter no transplante. Conclusão: Existe uma lacuna na área de estudos de avaliação econômica e o enfermeiro deveria ocupar este espaço como gerenciador não só do cuidado, mas também de custos.

Objetivo: Identificar lo que se ha producido en el análisis de costos de trasplante de las células madre hematopoyéticas alogénicas. Método: Se trata de una revisión integradora, donde hizo la búsqueda de los estudios sobre el análisis de costos en el trasplante alogénico. Resultados: Se encontraron 265 artículos que después de la aplicación de criterios de inclusión y exclusión 13 artículos, con doce en Inglés y dos en Portugués fueron seleccionados. Once de estos artículos han hecho análisis parcial de los costos, un estudio realizado una revisión sistemática de la rentabilidad, una evaluación económica hecha de costo-efectividad y el estudio de evaluación de costos sobre la cobertura de catéter curativa en el trasplante. Conclusión: Existe un vacío en el área de estudios de evaluación económica y la enfermera debe ocupar este espacio, no sólo como gestora de la atención, sino también de costo.

Whither the bone marrow transplant?

Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) has become an accepted and important medical intervention which has become a routine part of medical practice. Its utility has, however, been questioned recently in a number of diseases in which its role has been clearly established on the basis that there are better non-transplant therapeutic options. The suspicion that these moves to eradicate BMT as an option may not stem from purely scientific reasons has prompted the preparation of these personal reflections. I will focus this discussion only on two diseases in which BMT has been shown to be useful: chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) and multiple myeloma (MM).

Potential costs and benefits of newborn screening for severe combined immunodeficiency.

OBJECTIVE: Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) is a rare, treatable disorder of the immune system. The incidence is unknown but may be more common than published estimates because infants frequently die of infection before diagnosis. SCID is a candidate for universal newborn screening, so there is a need to determine under which circumstances screening would be cost-effective. STUDY DESIGN: We assumed a screening program for SCID would use T-cell lymphopenia as the screening criterion and performed a cost-utility analysis comparing universal screening with screening only those with a family history of SCID. RESULTS: Assuming society is willing to pay $50,000 for every quality-adjusted life-year saved, a SCID screening test that cost less than $5 with a false-negative rate of 0.9% and a false-positive rate of 0.4% would be considered cost-effective. A nationwide screening program would cost an additional $23.9 million per year for screening costs but would result in 760 years of life saved per year of screening. The cost to detect 1 case of SCID would be $485,000. CONCLUSION: SCID screening could result in a large benefit to detected individuals, making screening relatively cost-effective in spite of the low incidence of the disease. However, an adequate test is critical to cost-effectiveness.

Pharmaceutical services and inpatient drug costs in bone marrow transplantation.

A survey of U.S. bone marrow transplantation (BMT) programs was conducted to determine the role of pharmaceutical services in those programs and the pharmacy department resources allocated to support them. Surveys were sent to 92 U.S. BMT programs to solicit the following information: characteristics of the institution and the BMT program, extent of pharmacist involvement in the BMT program, and pharmacy resource allocation to the program. Fifty-five responses were received (60% response rate). BMT pharmacists were employed by 53 of these institutions (a total of 66 pharmacists). BMT pharmacists at 49 of the 53 institutions (92%) received their salary from the department of pharmacy. Common BMT pharmacist responsibilities included managing adverse effects (100% of respondents), adjusting medication doses (96%), providing drug information (94%), participating in BMT team rounds (87%), maintaining medication profiles (85%), and developing medication protocols (81%). Inpatient BMT-related drug costs (reported by 37 respondents) averaged 12% of the pharmacy's annual inpatient drug budget. One or more pharmacists were members of the BMT team at 46 of 53 institutions. BMT-related drug costs accounted for 12% of the total inpatient drug budget at the 37 institutions reporting cost data.