A practice facilitation-guided intervention in primary care settings to reduce cardiovascular disease risk: a cost analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A stepped-wedge, cluster randomized controlled trial assessed the effectiveness of practice facilitation (PF) for adoption of guidelines for prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease risk factors. This study estimated the associated cost of PF for guideline adoption in small, private primary care practices.

Methods

The cost analysis included categories for start-up costs, intervention costs, and practice staff costs for the implemented PF-guided intervention. We estimated the total 1-year costs to operate the program and calculated the mean and range of the cost-per-practice by quarter of the intervention. We estimated the lower and upper bounds for all salary expenses, rounding to the nearest $100.

Results

Total 1-year intervention costs for all 2

SUBMITTER: Gold HT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7868016 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature