Cost-effectiveness of group-based exercise to prevent falls in elderly community-dwelling people.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinical studies indicate that strength-balance training for active fall prevention can prevent fractures in older people. The present modelling study evaluates the cost-effectiveness of fall prevention exercise (FPE) provided to independently living older people compared to no intervention in Germany.

Method

We designed a Markov model to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a group-based FPE-program provided to independently living people ≥75 years from the perspective of the German statutory health insurance (SHI). Input data was obtained from public databases, clinical trials and official statistics. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) was presented as costs per avoided hip fracture. Additionally, we performed deterministic and probabilistic sensitivi

SUBMITTER: Scheckel B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8314607 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature