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. 2023 Mar 30;23(1):315.
doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-09310-0.

Cost-effectiveness of improvement strategies for reperfusion treatments in acute ischemic stroke: a systematic review

Chi Phuong Nguyen #  1   2   3 , Willemijn J Maas #  4   5 , Durk-Jouke van der Zee  6   4 , Maarten Uyttenboogaart  5   7 , Erik Buskens  6   4 , Maarten M H Lahr  4 ; CONTRAST consortium
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Cost-effectiveness of improvement strategies for reperfusion treatments in acute ischemic stroke: a systematic review

Chi Phuong Nguyen et al. BMC Health Serv Res. .

Abstract

Background: Reducing delays along the acute stroke pathway significantly improves clinical outcomes for acute ischemic stroke patients eligible for reperfusion treatments. The economic impact of different strategies reducing onset to treatment (OTT) is crucial information for stakeholders in acute stroke management. This systematic review aimed to provide an overview on the cost-effectiveness of several strategies to reduce OTT.

Methods: A comprehensive literature search was conducted in EMBASE, PubMed, and Web of Science until January 2022. Studies were included if they reported 1/ stroke patients treated with intravenous thrombolysis and/or endovascular thrombectomy, 2/ full economic evaluation, and 3/ strategies to reduce OTT. The Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards statement was applied to assess the reporting quality.

Results: Twenty studies met the inclusion criteria, of which thirteen were based on cost-utility analysis with the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio per quality-adjusted life year gained as the primary outcome. Studies were performed in twelve countries focusing on four main strategies: educational interventions, organizational models, healthcare delivery infrastructure, and workflow improvements. Sixteen studies showed that the strategies concerning educational interventions, telemedicine between hospitals, mobile stroke units, and workflow improvements, were cost-effective in different settings. The healthcare perspective was predominantly used, and the most common types of models were decision trees, Markov models and simulation models. Overall, fourteen studies were rated as having high reporting quality (79%-94%).

Conclusions: A wide range of strategies aimed at reducing OTT is cost-effective in acute stroke care treatment. Existing pathways and local characteristics need to be taken along in assessing proposed improvements.

Keywords: Cost-effectiveness; Stroke; Systematic review; Time delay.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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ICERs compared to country GDP per capita
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