RT Journal Article
T1 Cost-utility analysis of a pharmacotherapy follow-up for elderly nursing home residents in Spain
A1 Jódar Sánchez, Francisco
A1 Martín, José J.
A1 López del Amo, M. Puerto
A1 García, Leticia
A1 Araújo-Santos, José M.
A1 Epstein, David
K1 Ancianos - Cuidado
AB Objectives: To compare the cost-effectiveness of a pharmacotherapy follow-up for elderly nursing home (NH) residents with that of usual care.Design: Prospective observational study with a concurrent control group conducted over 12 months.Setting: Fifteen NHs in Andalusia assigned to control (n = 6) or intervention (n = 9).Participants: Residents aged 65 and older.Intervention: Pharmacotherapy follow-up.Measurements: Negative outcomes associated with medication, health-related quality of life, cost, quality-adjusted life-year (QALY), and incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER). ICERs were estimated for three scenarios: unadjusted cost per QALY (first scenario), costs adjusted for baseline prescribed medication and QALYs adjusted for baseline utility score (second scenario), and costs and QALYs adjusted for a fuller set of baseline characteristics (third scenario).Results: Three hundred thirty-two elderly residents were enrolled: 122 in the control group and 210 in the intervention group. The general practitioner accepted 88.7% (274/309) of pharmacist recommendations. Pharmacist interventions reduced the average number of prescribed medication by 0.47 drugs (p<0.001), whereas the average prescribed medication increased by 0.94 drugs in the control group (P < .001). Both groups reported a lower average EuroQol-5D utility score after 12 months (intervention, -0.0576, p=0.002; control, -0.0999, p=0.003). For the first scenario, usual care dominated pharmacotherapy follow-up (was less effective and more expensive). Adjusted ICERs were € 3,899/QALY ($5,002/QALY) for the second scenario and € 6,574/QALY ($8,433/QALY) for the third scenario. For a willingness to pay of € 30,000/QALY ($38,487/QALY), the probabilities of the pharmacotherapy follow-up being cost-effective were 35% for the first scenario, 78% for the second, and 76% for the third.Conclusion: Pharmacotherapy follow-up is considered cost-effective for elderly NH residents in Spain.
PB WILEY
YR 2014
FD 2014-07
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/33480
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/33480
LA eng
NO Jódar-Sánchez, F., Martín, J. J., López del Amo, M. P., García, L., Araújo-Santos, J. M., & Epstein, D. (2014). Cost-utility analysis of a pharmacotherapy follow-up for elderly nursing home residents in Spain. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 62(7), 1272–1280. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.12890
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