The cost-effectiveness of improving diabetes care in U.S. federally qualified community health centers.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the incremental cost-effectiveness of improving diabetes care with the Health Disparities Collaborative (HDC), a national collaborative quality improvement (QI) program conducted in community health centers (HCs).

Data sources/study setting

Data regarding the impact of the Diabetes HDC program came from a serial cross-sectional follow-up study (1998, 2000, 2002) of the program in 17 Midwestern HCs. Data inputs for the simulation model of diabetes came from the latest clinical trials and epidemiological studies.

Study design

We conducted a societal cost-effectiveness analysis, incorporating data from QI program evaluation into a Monte Carlo simulation model of diabetes.

Data collection/extraction methods

Data on diabetes care processes and

SUBMITTER: Huang ES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2151395 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature