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. 2019 Mar 23;9(3):e025684.
doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025684.

Cost-effectiveness of a home-based group educational programme on renal replacement therapies: a study protocol

Steef Redeker  1 , Mark Oppe  2 , Martijn Visser  1 , Jan J V Busschbach  1 , Willem Weimar  3 , Emma Massey  3 , Sohal Ismail  1 ; ‘Nierteam aan Huis’ consortium
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Cost-effectiveness of a home-based group educational programme on renal replacement therapies: a study protocol

Steef Redeker et al. BMJ Open. .

Abstract

Introduction: Living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) is the optimal treatment for most patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). However, there are numerous patients who cannot find a living kidney donor. Randomised controlled trials have shown that home-based education for patients with ESRD and their family/friends leads to four times more LDKTs. This educational intervention is currently being implemented in eight hospitals in the Netherlands. Supervision and quality assessment are being employed to maintain the quality of the intervention. In this study, we aim to: (1) conduct a cost-effectiveness analysis of the educational programme and its quality assurance system; (2) investigate the relationship between the quality of the implementation of the intervention and the outcomes knowledge, communication and LDKT activities; and (3) investigate policy implications.

Methods and design: Patients with ESRD who do not have a living kidney donor are eligible to receive the home-based educational intervention. This is carried out by allied health transplantation professionals and psychologists across eight hospitals in the Netherlands. The cost-effectiveness analysis will be conducted with a Markov model. Cost data will be obtained from the literature. We will obtain the quality of life data from the patients who participate in the educational programme. Questionnaires on knowledge and communication will be used to measure the outcomes of the programme. Data on LDKT activities will be obtained from medical records up to 24 months after the education. A protocol adherence measure will be assessed by a third party by means of a telephone interview with the patients and the invitees.

Ethics and dissemination: Ethical approval was obtained through all participating hospitals. Results will be disseminated through peer-reviewed publications and scientific presentations. Results of the cost-effectiveness of the educational programme will also be disseminated to the Dutch National Health Care Institute.

Trial registration number: NL6529.

Keywords: cost-benefit analysis; health policy; kidney diseases; kidney transplantation; living donation.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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A simplified graphic representation of the Markov model with the different health states and the transition possibilities between the health states.
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