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Journal article
Implementing a thermal care bundle for inadvertent perioperative hypothermia: A cost-effectiveness analysis
International Journal of Nursing Studies, Vol.97, pp.21-27
2019
PMID: 31129445
Abstract
Background:
Active warming reduces risk of surgical complications. Implementation of a perioperative thermal care bundle increased use of active warming for surgical patients.
Objective:
This study aimed to determine if implementing a thermal care bundle to prevent inadvertent perioperative hypothermia is cost-effective.
Design:
A model-based cost-effectiveness analysis was undertaken using Monte Carlo simulations from input distributions to estimate costs and effects.
Setting:
Hospitals undertaking between 5,000 and 40,000 surgeries per year, which either implemented or did not implement the thermal care bundle, were modelled.
Participants:
The decision tree guiding the structure of the model was populated with clinical outcomes (surgical site infection, blood transfusion requirement and morbid cardiac events) of a hypothetical cohort of surgical patients.
Interventions:
Implementation or non-implementation of the thermal care bundle.
Main outcome measures:
Net monetary benefit was calculated by multiplying the health benefits (quality-adjusted life years) by the willingness-to-pay threshold minus the cost. We tested a range of values for willingness to pay per quality-adjusted life year thresholds and plotted results for expected incremental benefits and probability of cost-effectiveness. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio was also calculated.
Results:
Thermal care bundle implementation simultaneously reduced costs and increased quality-adjusted life years in the majority of simulations (88.1%). The average cost reduction was $689,659 (95% credible intervals spanned from a $2,718,364 decrease in costs to $379,826 increase in costs) and average difference in quality-adjusted life years was 54 (95% CI = 0.4 less to 176 more). This equated to an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of $12747 saved per quality-adjusted life year gained.
Conclusions:
It is likely that increasing use of active warming by implementing the thermal care bundle would generate cost-savings and improve the quality of life for surgical patients. It would be good value for hospitals with similar characteristics to those included in our model to allocate the extra resources required for implementation.
Details
- Title
- Implementing a thermal care bundle for inadvertent perioperative hypothermia: A cost-effectiveness analysis
- Authors
- Aaron Conway (Corresponding Author) - University Health NetworkJeffrey Gow (Author) - University of Southern QueenslandNicholas Ralph (Author) - University of Southern QueenslandJed Duff (Author) - University of Newcastle AustraliaKaren-Leigh Edward (Author) - The University of MelbourneKimberly Alexander (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyJudy Munday (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyAnselm Bräuer (Author) - Universitätsmedizin Göttingen
- Publication details
- International Journal of Nursing Studies, Vol.97, pp.21-27
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Date published
- 2019
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2019.04.017
- ISSN
- 1873-491X; 0020-7489
- PMID
- 31129445
- Grant note
- Dr Aaron Conway is supported by an NHMRC Early Career Fellowship (APP1091657) and Dr Jed Duff was supported by an NHMRC Translating Research into Practice Fellowship to conduct this research (APP1072726). Dr Nicholas Ralph is funded by St Vincent’s Health Australia as a joint research fellow between St Vincent’s Private Hospital Toowoomba and the University of Southern Queensland. This study is funded by a St Vincent’s Clinic Multidisciplinary Patient Focused Research Grant and support from 3M, Device Technology, and Molnlycke Health Care.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Health; School of Health - Nursing
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99991063302621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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