Economic evaluation of a novel community-based diabetes care model in rural Mexico: a cost and cost-effectiveness study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Diabetes is the leading cause of disability-adjusted life years in Mexico, and cost-effective care models are needed to address the epidemic. We sought to evaluate the cost and cost-effectiveness of a novel community-based model of diabetes care in rural Mexico, compared with usual care.

Design

We performed time-driven activity-based costing to estimate annualised costs associated with typical diabetes care in Chiapas, Mexico, as well as a novel diabetes care model known as Compañeros En Salud Programa de Enfermedades Crónicas (CESPEC). We conducted Markov chain analysis to estimate the cost-effectiveness of CESPEC compared with usual care from a societal perspective. We used patient outcomes from CESPEC in 2016, as well as secondary data from existing lite

SUBMITTER: Duan KI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8031699 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature