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Cost of home palliative care compared with conventional hospital care for patients with haematological cancers in Greece

Cost of home palliative care compared with conventional hospital care for patients with haematological cancers in Greece
Cost of home palliative care compared with conventional hospital care for patients with haematological cancers in Greece
This study compared the costs of home palliative with conventional hospital care for cancer haematological patients in Greece. The study was a retrospective cost-minimisation analysis using data from the finance department and from patient notes for the period from January to June 2002. A non-parametric bootstrap method was used to estimate the incremental cost between home and conventional care. A sensitivity analysis was also used. The estimated incremental cost was euro 522 (95% confidence interval: euro 516-528). This was not substantially affected by varying the unit costs within reasonable limits and remained statistically significant under all scenarios tested in the sensitivity analysis. Our findings show that home palliative care is more expensive than conventional hospital care. Further studies should be carried out to examine the cost-effectiveness of the particular scheme as well as the preferences of patients and carers
home palliative care, palliative care programme, palliative care group, palliative care patient, haematological cancer patient, palliative care team, incremental cost, one-way sensitivity analysis, patient satisfaction, bed day
1618-7598
102-126
Tzala, S.
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Lord, J.
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Ziras, N.
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Repousis, P.
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Potamianou, A.
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Repousis, P.
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Tzala, S., Lord, J., Ziras, N., Repousis, P., Potamianou, A. and Tzala, E. (2005) Cost of home palliative care compared with conventional hospital care for patients with haematological cancers in Greece. The European Journal of Health Economics, 6 (2), 102-126. (doi:10.1007/s10198-004-0266-x). (PMID:19787846)

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Abstract

This study compared the costs of home palliative with conventional hospital care for cancer haematological patients in Greece. The study was a retrospective cost-minimisation analysis using data from the finance department and from patient notes for the period from January to June 2002. A non-parametric bootstrap method was used to estimate the incremental cost between home and conventional care. A sensitivity analysis was also used. The estimated incremental cost was euro 522 (95% confidence interval: euro 516-528). This was not substantially affected by varying the unit costs within reasonable limits and remained statistically significant under all scenarios tested in the sensitivity analysis. Our findings show that home palliative care is more expensive than conventional hospital care. Further studies should be carried out to examine the cost-effectiveness of the particular scheme as well as the preferences of patients and carers

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Published date: June 2005
Keywords: home palliative care, palliative care programme, palliative care group, palliative care patient, haematological cancer patient, palliative care team, incremental cost, one-way sensitivity analysis, patient satisfaction, bed day
Organisations: Primary Care & Population Sciences

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Local EPrints ID: 382216
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/382216
ISSN: 1618-7598
PURE UUID: 4d75af30-f0d0-405f-83d6-4ea23c56b811
ORCID for J. Lord: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1086-1624

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Date deposited: 22 Oct 2015 13:05
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:52

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Author: S. Tzala
Author: J. Lord ORCID iD
Author: N. Ziras
Author: P. Repousis
Author: A. Potamianou
Author: E. Tzala

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