ArticleThe European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care2007
The impact of home hospitalization on healthcare costs of exacerbations in COPD patients.
Article in The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Cost-effectiveness of home care compared to hospital care in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): a systematic review.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Hospital at home for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2012Pooled it
- Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of early assisted discharge for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations: the design of a randomised controlled trial.BMC public health · 2010Trial
- Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: An analysis of the care process in a regional hospital emergency department.Medicine · 2018Article
- Integrated Health Care Barcelona Esquerra (Ais-Be): A Global View of Organisational Development, Re-Engineering of Processes and Improvement of the Information Systems. The Role of the Tertiary University Hospital in the Transformation.International journal of integrated care · 2016Article
- Feasibility study: home telemonitoring for patients with lung cancer in a mountainous rural area.Oncology nursing forum · 2014Observational
- How will telemedicine change clinical practice in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?Therapeutic advances in respiratory diseaseReview
- Care delivery pathways for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in England and the Netherlands: a comparative study.International journal of integrated careArticle
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Abstract
Home-hospitalization (HH) improves clinical outcomes in selected patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) admitted at the emergency room due to an exacerbation, but its effects on healthcare costs are poorly known. The current analysis examines the impact of HH on direct healthcare costs, compared to conventional hospitalizations (CH). A randomized controlled trial was performed in two tertiary hospitals in Barcelona (Spain). A total of 180 exacerbated COPD patients (HH 103 and CH 77) admitted at the emergency room were studied. In the HH group, a specialized respiratory nurse delivered integrated care at home. The average direct cost per patient was significantly lower for HH than for CH, with a difference of euro 810 (95% CI, euro 418-1,169) in the mean cost per patient. The magnitude of monetary savings attributed to HH increased with the severity of the patients considered eligible for the intervention.
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