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Trial reportPloS one2015

Cost-Effectiveness of a Home Based Intervention for Secondary Prevention of Readmission with Chronic Heart Disease.

Joshua Byrnes, Melinda Carrington, Yih-Kai Chan, Christine Pollicino, Natalie Dubrowin, Simon Stewart, Paul A Scuffham

Open access · goldAbstract readMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in PloS one, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
5.0field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Home-based versus centre-based cardiac rehabilitation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Joshua ByrnesCentre for Applied Health Economics, Griffith University, Meadowbrook, Australia.
Melinda CarringtonMary MacKillop Institute for Health Research, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia.
Yih-Kai ChanMary MacKillop Institute for Health Research, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia.
Christine PollicinoBupa Australia, Melbourne, Australia.
Natalie DubrowinBupa Australia, Melbourne, Australia.
Simon StewartMary MacKillop Institute for Health Research, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia.
Paul A ScuffhamCentre for Applied Health Economics, Griffith University, Meadowbrook, Australia.
Australian Catholic University · AUBupa · AUGriffith University · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study is to consider the cost-effectiveness of a nurse-led, home-based intervention (HBI) in cardiac patients with private health insurance compared to usual post-discharge care. A within trial analysis of the Young @ Heart multicentre, randomized controlled trial along with a micro-simulation decision analytical model was conducted to estimate the incremental costs and quality adjusted life years associated with the home based intervention compared to usual care. For the micro-simulation model, future costs, from the perspective of the funder, and effects are estimated over a twenty-year time horizon. An Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratio, along with Incremental Net Monetary Benefit, is evaluated using a willingness to pay threshold of $50,000 per quality adjusted life year. Sub-group analyses are conducted for men and women across three age groups separately. Costs and benefits that arise in the future are discounted at five percent per annum. Overall, home based intervention for secondary prevention in patients with chronic heart disease identified in the Australian private health care sector is not cost-effective. The estimated within trial incremental net monetary benefit is -$3,116 [95% CI: -11,145, $4,914]; indicating that the costs outweigh the benefits. However, for males and in particular males aged 75 years and above, home based intervention indicated a potential to reduce health care costs when compared to usual care (within trial: -$10,416 [95% CI: -$26,745, $5,913]; modelled analysis: -$1,980 [95% CI: -$22,843, $14,863]). This work provides a crucial impetus for future research to understand for whom disease management programs are likely to benefit most.

Indexed as

AgedAged, 80 and overChronic DiseaseCost-Benefit AnalysisFemaleHeart DiseasesHome Care ServicesHospitalizationHumansMaleMiddle AgedModels, EconomicOutcome Assessment, Health CarePatient ReadmissionQuality-Adjusted Life YearsQuality of Life

Identifiers

PMID26657844
PMCPMC4684189
OpenAlexW2192271703

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