Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Home-Based Hospice-Palliative Care for Terminal Cancer Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We compared cost-effectiveness parameters between inpatient and home-based hospice-palliative care services for terminal cancer patients in Korea.

Methods

A decision-analytic Markov model was used to compare the cost-effectiveness of hospice-palliative care in an inpatient unit (inpatient-start group) and at home (home-start group). The model adopted a healthcare system perspective, with a 9-week horizon and a 1-week cycle length. The transition probabilities were calculated based on the reports from the Korean National Cancer Center in 2017 and Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service in 2020. Quality of life (QOL) was converted to the quality-adjusted life week (QALW). Modeling and cost-effectiveness analysis were performed with TreeAge software. The weekly med

SUBMITTER: Kim YS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10180035 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature