The cost-utility of a care coordination/home telehealth programme for veterans with diabetes

Tracey E. Barnett, Neale R. Chumbler, W. Vogel Bruce, Rebecca J. Beyth, Patricia Ryan, Sarita Figueroa

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We examined the cost-effectiveness of a care coordination/home telehealth (CCHT) programme for veterans with diabetes. We conducted a retrospective, pre-post study which compared data for a cohort of veterans (n = 370) before and after the introduction of the CCHT programme for two periods of 12 months. To assess the cost-effectiveness, we converted the patients' health-related quality of life data into Quality Adjusted Life Year (QALY) utility scores and used costs to construct incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs). The overall mean ICER for the programme at one-year was $60,941, a value within the commonly-cited range of cost-effectiveness of $50,000-100,000. The programme was cost-effective for one-third of the participants. Characteristics that contributed to cost-effectiveness were marital status, location and clinically relevant co-morbidities. By targeting the intervention differently in future work, it may become cost-effective for a greater proportion of patients.

Idioma originalEnglish (US)
Páginas (desde-hasta)318-321
Número de páginas4
PublicaciónJournal of Telemedicine and Telecare
Volumen13
N.º6
DOI
EstadoPublished - sept 1 2007
Publicado de forma externa

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  • Health Informatics

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