Cost-effectiveness of a Hybrid Emergency Room System for Severe Trauma: A health technology assessment from the perspective of the third-party payer in Japan
Background
Hybrid emergency room (ER) systems, consisting of an angiography-computed tomography (CT) machine in a trauma resuscitation room, are reported to be effective for reducing death from exsanguination in trauma patients. We aimed to investigate the cost-effectiveness of a hybrid ER system in severe trauma patients without severe traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Methods
We conducted a cost-utility analysis comparing the hybrid ER system to the conventional ER system from the perspective of the third-party healthcare payer in Japan. A short-term decision tree and a long-term Markov model using a lifetime time horizon were constructed to estimate quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) and associated lifetime healthcare costs. Short-term mortality and healthcare costs were derived from medical records and claims data in a tertiary care hospital with a hybrid ER. Long-term mortality and utilities were extrapolated from the literature. The willingness-to-pay threshold was set at $47,619 per QALY gained and the discount rate was 2%. Deterministic and probabilistic sensitivity analyses were conducted.
Results
The hybrid ER system was associated with a gain of 1.03 QALYs and an increment of $33,591 lifetime costs compared to the conventional ER system, resulting in an ICER of $32,522 per QALY gained. The ICER was lower than the willingness-to-pay threshold if the odds ratio of 28-day mortality was <0.66. Probabilistic sensitivity analysis indicated that the hybrid ER system was cost-effective with a 79.3% probability.
Conclusion
The present study suggested that the hybrid ER system is a likely cost-effective strategy for treating severe trauma patients without severe TBI.
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Cost-effectiveness of a Hybrid Emergency Room System for Severe Trauma: A health technology assessment from the perspective of the third-party payer in Japan
Posted 09 Nov, 2020
On 07 Jan, 2021
Received 24 Nov, 2020
On 24 Nov, 2020
On 23 Nov, 2020
Invitations sent on 08 Nov, 2020
On 07 Nov, 2020
On 07 Nov, 2020
On 07 Nov, 2020
Posted 31 Oct, 2020
Received 31 Oct, 2020
On 31 Oct, 2020
On 29 Oct, 2020
Received 29 Oct, 2020
Invitations sent on 20 Oct, 2020
On 20 Oct, 2020
On 19 Oct, 2020
On 19 Oct, 2020
On 19 Oct, 2020
On 18 Oct, 2020
Background
Hybrid emergency room (ER) systems, consisting of an angiography-computed tomography (CT) machine in a trauma resuscitation room, are reported to be effective for reducing death from exsanguination in trauma patients. We aimed to investigate the cost-effectiveness of a hybrid ER system in severe trauma patients without severe traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Methods
We conducted a cost-utility analysis comparing the hybrid ER system to the conventional ER system from the perspective of the third-party healthcare payer in Japan. A short-term decision tree and a long-term Markov model using a lifetime time horizon were constructed to estimate quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) and associated lifetime healthcare costs. Short-term mortality and healthcare costs were derived from medical records and claims data in a tertiary care hospital with a hybrid ER. Long-term mortality and utilities were extrapolated from the literature. The willingness-to-pay threshold was set at $47,619 per QALY gained and the discount rate was 2%. Deterministic and probabilistic sensitivity analyses were conducted.
Results
The hybrid ER system was associated with a gain of 1.03 QALYs and an increment of $33,591 lifetime costs compared to the conventional ER system, resulting in an ICER of $32,522 per QALY gained. The ICER was lower than the willingness-to-pay threshold if the odds ratio of 28-day mortality was <0.66. Probabilistic sensitivity analysis indicated that the hybrid ER system was cost-effective with a 79.3% probability.
Conclusion
The present study suggested that the hybrid ER system is a likely cost-effective strategy for treating severe trauma patients without severe TBI.
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