Comparison home care service versus hospital-based care in patients with diabetic foot ulcer : an economic evaluation study.

摘要: Providing health care to patients at home could be causing the mortality and readmission rates reduction in addition satisfaction of both providers increase. The aim this study was assess cost-effectiveness service compared hospital based with diabetic foot ulcer. An economic evaluation a trial were simultaneously conducted Iran. In phase, ulcer randomly assigned or care. Cost Quality life data determined as measures study. Incremental ratio calculated for comparative purposes. model consisted five stages disease. Tree Age Pro 2009 R software’s used analysis. 120 enrolled our trial; among which 30 group 90 group. rate size significant (P value = 0.003) comparison service. total cost strategies 1720.4 US$, 3940.3 US$ effectiveness 0.31 0.29, respectively. incremental (ICER) 117,300 per quality-adjusted year intervention Based on ICER plane treatment will placed southeastern quadrant Cost-Effectiveness Plane, is suggested more dominant alternative. Regarding current evidence, strategy suffering enjoys It that healthcare policy makers determine tariff services disease groups according activity costing approach.