Costing analysis of a digital first-line treatment platform for patients with knee and hip osteoarthritis in Sweden
Ekman, B LU
; Nero, H
LU
; Lohmander, L S
LU
and Dahlberg, L E
LU
(2020)
In PLoS ONE
15(8).
p.0236342-0236342
- Abstract
Osteoarthritis (OA) constitutes a major and increasing burden on patients, health care systems and the broader society. It is estimated that around a quarter of the adult population is affected by OA in the knee and hip and that the prevalence of OA will increase over the coming decades largely due to aging and adverse life-style factors. Prevention and effective care are critical to manage the challenges posed by OA. Digital technologies offer opportunities to deliver cost-effective care for chronic diseases, including for OA. We report the results of a costing analysis of a new digital platform for delivering first-line care including disease information and physiotherapy to patients with OA and compare this with an existing... (More)
Osteoarthritis (OA) constitutes a major and increasing burden on patients, health care systems and the broader society. It is estimated that around a quarter of the adult population is affected by OA in the knee and hip and that the prevalence of OA will increase over the coming decades largely due to aging and adverse life-style factors. Prevention and effective care are critical to manage the challenges posed by OA. Digital technologies offer opportunities to deliver cost-effective care for chronic diseases, including for OA. We report the results of a costing analysis of a new digital platform for delivering first-line care including disease information and physiotherapy to patients with OA and compare this with an existing face-to-face model of treatment. Both models are in accordance with National Treatment Guidelines in Sweden. The results show that overall the digital model costs around 25% of the existing face-to-face model of care. Based on existing evidence on the effects of these models, our findings also suggest that the digital platform offers a cost-effective alternative to the existing model of OA care. Depending on the extent to which the digital model substitutes for the existing model of care, significant resources can be saved.
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- Ekman, B
LU
; Nero, H
LU
; Lohmander, L S
LU
and Dahlberg, L E
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2020
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Aged, Cost-Benefit Analysis/economics, Exercise Therapy, Female, Humans, Knee Joint/physiopathology, Male, Middle Aged, Osteoarthritis, Hip/economics, Osteoarthritis, Knee/economics, Sweden/epidemiology
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- PLoS ONE
- volume
- 15
- issue
- 8
- pages
- 0236342 - 0236342
- publisher
- Public Library of Science (PLoS)
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- pmid:32785226
- scopus:85089408439
- ISSN
- 1932-6203
- DOI
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0236342
- language
- English
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- yes
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- fb3f7754-9c49-45f4-8329-a425a6ebb4e0
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