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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2019 May;27(5):1825-1834.
doi: 10.1007/s00520-018-4436-2. Epub 2018 Aug 31.

Economic evaluation of a person-centred care intervention in head and neck oncology: results from a randomized controlled trial

Hanna Gyllensten  1   2 , Ingalill Koinberg  3   4   5 , Eric Carlström  3   4 , Lars-Eric Olsson  3   4 , Elisabeth Hansson Olofsson  3   4
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Economic evaluation of a person-centred care intervention in head and neck oncology: results from a randomized controlled trial

Hanna Gyllensten et al. Support Care Cancer. 2019 May.

Abstract

Purpose: Head and neck cancer and its treatment deteriorate quality of life, but symptoms improve with person-centred care. We examined the cost-effectiveness of a person-centred care intervention versus standard medical care.

Methods: In this randomized clinical trial of a person-centred intervention, patients were planned for outpatient oncology treatment in a Swedish university hospital between 2012 and 2014 and were followed during 1 year. Annual healthcare costs were identified from medical records and administrative register data. Productivity costs were calculated from reported sick leave. Health-related quality of life was collected using the EuroQol Group's five-dimension health state questionnaire.

Results: Characteristics were similar between 53 patients in the intervention group and 39 control patients. The average total cost was Euro (EUR) 55,544 (95% confidence interval: EUR 48,474-62,614) in the intervention group and EUR 57,443 (EUR 48,607-66,279) among controls, with similar health-related quality of life.

Conclusions: This person-centred intervention did not result in increased costs and dominated the standard medical care.

Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov (registration number: NCT02982746).

Keywords: Head and neck neoplasms; Health care costs; Patient care management; Person-centred care; Randomized controlled trial.

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Conflict of interest statement

All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The study was approved by the Regional Ethics Committee in Gothenburg (Ref. 025-12). Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.

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Study flow diagram
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Distribution of costs over time after inclusion in the study, for patients in the intervention group and controls (2014 values)
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