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. 2019 Dec;16(6):1263-1272.
doi: 10.1111/iwj.13174. Epub 2019 Sep 2.

Five-layer border dressings as part of a quality improvement bundle to prevent pressure injuries in US skilled nursing facilities and Australian nursing homes: A cost-effectiveness analysis

William V Padula  1   2 , Yutong H Chen  3 , Nick Santamaria  4
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Five-layer border dressings as part of a quality improvement bundle to prevent pressure injuries in US skilled nursing facilities and Australian nursing homes: A cost-effectiveness analysis

William V Padula et al. Int Wound J. 2019 Dec.

Abstract

The BORDER III trial found that five-layer silicone border dressings effectively prevented pressure injuries in long-term care, but the value of this approach is unknown. Our objective was to analyse the cost-effectiveness of preventing facility-acquired pressure injuries with a quality improvement bundle, including prophylactic five-layer dressings in US and Australian long-term care. Markov models analysed the cost utility for pressure injuries acquired during long-term care from US and Australian perspectives. Models calibrated outcomes for standard care compared with a dressing-inclusive bundle over 18 monthly cycles or until death based on BORDER III outcomes. Patients who developed a pressure injury simulated advancement through stages 1 to 4. Univariate and multivariate probabilistic sensitivity analyses tested modelling uncertainty. Costs in 2017 USD and quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) were used to calculate an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER). Dressing use yielded greater QALYs at slightly higher costs from perspectives. The US ICER was $36 652/QALY, while the Australian ICER was $15 898/QALY, both of which fell below a willingness-to-pay threshold of $100 000/QALY. Probabilistic sensitivity analysis favoured dressings as cost-effective for most simulations. A quality improvement bundle, including prophylactic five-layer dressings, is a cost-effective approach for pressure injury prevention in all US and Australia long-term care residents.

Keywords: long-term care; nursing home; pressure injury; pressure ulcer; prophylactic dressing; skilled nursing facility.

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Conflict of interest statement

W. P. and N. S. are paid consultants on the global scientific advisory board of Molnlycke Health Care. There are no other perceived conflicts of interest to report.

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Figure 1
Markov model of the prevention of pressure injuries in long‐term care facilities. The terminal states of “Discharge” (US SNFs) and “Recovery” (Australian NHs) are meant to differentiate the two models being evaluated
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Figure 2
Results of the probabilistic sensitivity analysis with 10 000 Monte Carlo simulations plotted on the cost‐effectiveness plane from the perspective of the US model
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