Organisation des soins palliatifs en Belgique - KCE
Organisation des soins palliatifs en Belgique - KCE
Organisation des soins palliatifs en Belgique - KCE
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<strong>KCE</strong> Reports 115 Palliative Care 163<br />
Table 47: Comparison of nursing home costs betwe<strong>en</strong> palliative and classical<br />
care, including pati<strong>en</strong>ts receiving mixed care<br />
Cost item Mean costs per pati<strong>en</strong>t Mean costs per pati<strong>en</strong>t P-value<br />
receiving palliative care (€) receiving classical care<br />
n = 69<br />
(€)<br />
n = 112<br />
a<br />
Fixed costs of nursing<br />
homes<br />
1,306 ± 270 1,122 ± 423 0.009<br />
Pharmacy costs in nursing<br />
homes<br />
113 ± 106 71 ± 66 0.002<br />
Medical fees in nursing<br />
homes<br />
124 ± 102 72 ± 85 < 0.001<br />
Other charges in nursing<br />
homes<br />
24 ± 74 20 ± 37 0.485<br />
Hospital costs 889 ± 2,421 2,536 ± 3,685 < 0.001<br />
Total costs over 30 days 2,456 ± 2,117 3,822 ± 3,232 0.068<br />
Notes:<br />
Results are pres<strong>en</strong>ted as mean ± standard deviation.<br />
a Mann-Whitney U-test.<br />
indicates that the exclusion of the 17 pati<strong>en</strong>ts receiving a mixed care program did not change<br />
results.<br />
Table 48: Comparison of nursing home costs betwe<strong>en</strong> palliative and classical<br />
care, excluding pati<strong>en</strong>ts receiving mixed care<br />
Cost item Mean costs per pati<strong>en</strong>t Mean costs per pati<strong>en</strong>t P-value<br />
receiving palliative care (€) receiving classical care<br />
n = 56<br />
(€)<br />
n = 108<br />
a<br />
Fixed costs of nursing<br />
homes<br />
1,334 ± 243 1,126 ± 422 0.001<br />
Pharmacy costs in nursing<br />
homes<br />
108 ± 105 72 ± 66 0.018<br />
Medical fees in nursing<br />
homes<br />
116 ± 100 73 ± 85 0.004<br />
Other charges in nursing<br />
homes<br />
20 ± 78 20 ± 37 0.240<br />
Hospital costs 645 ± 2,174 2,499 ± 3,685 < 0.001<br />
Total costs over 30 days 2,223 ± 1,896 3,790 ± 3,231 0.015<br />
Notes:<br />
Results are pres<strong>en</strong>ted as mean ± standard deviation.<br />
a Mann-Whitney U-test.<br />
Home care<br />
Mean monthly costs of home care per pati<strong>en</strong>t amounted to 4,464 €, corresponding with<br />
a mean cost per pati<strong>en</strong>t per day of 148.8 €. Mean monthly costs per pati<strong>en</strong>t primarily<br />
originated from the indirect costs related to the productivity loss of informal caregivers<br />
(mean cost of 2,596 €, 58% of total costs). Other drivers of monthly costs per pati<strong>en</strong>t<br />
were: support from social services (632 €, 14%), technical devices (295 €, 7%), medical<br />
fees (235 €, 5%), nourishm<strong>en</strong>t (207 €, 5%), and pharmacy (195 €, 4%). Pati<strong>en</strong>ts did not<br />
incur costs related to diagnostic and therapeutic interv<strong>en</strong>tions or costs related to visits<br />
to A&E departm<strong>en</strong>ts. The next table pres<strong>en</strong>ts a breakdown of cost estimates of home<br />
care for terminal pati<strong>en</strong>ts into various items. Next table highlights the variability in cost<br />
estimates reported by differ<strong>en</strong>t pati<strong>en</strong>ts. Quartile 4 values (i.e. maximum values)<br />
repres<strong>en</strong>ted outliers for some cost items (e.g. technical devices, support from social<br />
services).<br />
Pati<strong>en</strong>ts were visited on average once a month by the mobile palliative support team.