Delivering Diabetes Education through Nurse-Led Telecoaching. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People with diabetes have a high risk of developing micro- and macrovascular complications associated with diminished life expectancy and elevated treatment costs. Patient education programs can improve diabetes control in the short term, but their cost-effectiveness is uncertain. Our study aimed to analyze the lifelong cost-effectiveness of a nurse-led telecoaching program compared to usual care in people with type 2 diabetes from the perspective of the Belgian healthcare system.

Methods

The UKPDS Outcomes Model was populated with patient-level data from an 18-month randomized clinical trial in the Belgian primary care sector involving 574 participants; trial data were extrapolated to 40 years; Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALYs), treatment costs and Incremental

SUBMITTER: Odnoletkova I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5058491 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature