Net cost savings arising from patient completion of an active self-management program.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of this study is to investigate changes in willingness for total knee replacement (TKR) surgery following a randomised control trial (RCT) of an osteoarthritis management program, and to extrapolate orthopaedic cost consequences for private health insurers (PHI).

Methods

Willingness for surgery data from the RCT is analysed using a multinomial logistic regression model. A decision analytic model is used to conduct a break-even cost benefit analysis of the intervention from a PHI payer perspective. The analysis estimates the minimum probability of progression to surgery required for the intervention to be cost-neutral when considering savings limited to reduced orthopaedic costs. Cost data and orthopaedic pathway probabilities are sourced from payer da

SUBMITTER: Gorniak M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10650977 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature