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Cost-effectiveness of a day hospital falls prevention programme for screened community-dwelling older people at high risk of falls.

ABSTRACT:

Background

multifactorial falls prevention programmes for older people have been proved to reduce falls. However, evidence of their cost-effectiveness is mixed.

Design

economic evaluation alongside pragmatic randomised controlled trial.

Intervention

randomised trial of 364 people aged ?70, living in the community, recruited via GP and identified as high risk of falling. Both arms received a falls prevention information leaflet. The intervention arm were also offered a (day hospital) multidisciplinary falls prevention programme, including physiotherapy, occupational therapy, nurse, medical review and referral to other specialists.

Measurements

self-reported falls, as collected in 12 monthly diaries. Levels of health resource use associated with the falls prevention programme, screening (both attributed to intervention arm only) and other health-care contacts were monitored. Mean NHS costs and falls per person per year were estimated for both arms, along with the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) and cost effectiveness acceptability curve.

Results

in the base-case analysis, the mean falls programme cost was £349 per person. This, coupled with higher screening and other health-care costs, resulted in a mean incremental cost of £578 for the intervention arm. The mean falls rate was lower in the intervention arm (2.07 per person/year), compared with the control arm (2.24). The estimated ICER was £3,320 per fall averted.

Conclusions

the estimated ICER was £3,320 per fall averted. Future research should focus on adherence to the intervention and an assessment of impact on quality of life.

SUBMITTER: Irvine L

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2956532 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Cost-effectiveness of a day hospital falls prevention programme for screened community-dwelling older people at high risk of falls.

Irvine Lisa L Conroy Simon P SP Sach Tracey T Gladman John R F JR Harwood Rowan H RH Kendrick Denise D Coupland Carol C Drummond Avril A Barton Garry G Masud Tahir T

Age and ageing 20100910 6

<h4>Background</h4>multifactorial falls prevention programmes for older people have been proved to reduce falls. However, evidence of their cost-effectiveness is mixed.<h4>Design</h4>economic evaluation alongside pragmatic randomised controlled trial.<h4>Intervention</h4>randomised trial of 364 people aged ≥70, living in the community, recruited via GP and identified as high risk of falling. Both arms received a falls prevention information leaflet. The intervention arm were also offered a (day ...[more]

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Cost-effectiveness of a day hospital falls prevention programme for screened community-dwelling older people at high risk of falls.

Background

Design

Intervention

Measurements

Results

Conclusions

Publications

Cost-effectiveness of a day hospital falls prevention programme for screened community-dwelling older people at high risk of falls.

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