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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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