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Hyperbare Zuurstoftherapie: Rapid Assessment - KCE

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<strong>KCE</strong> Reports 74 Hyperbaric Oxygenation Therapy 47<br />

The cost of HBOT, including both capital and operating costs of a hyperbaric<br />

monoplace unit, was based on 30 sessions per patient. Sensitivity analysis was<br />

performed, in which e.g. the number of dives was changed to 15 and 40 due to the<br />

uncertainty about the number of sessions per patient for different indications. DRG<br />

costs were used to approximate the costs of a major amputation and rehabilitation. The<br />

average cost for all types of amputation was 14 805 Australian dollars (AUD). For<br />

rehabilitation this was AUD8 758. The DRG for foot procedures was used to<br />

approximate the costs of a minor amputation, which was AUD2 194.<br />

In the base case, the cost per course of treatment was AUD6 941. In this cost, a<br />

consultation fee for each session was included. Only attributing a once-off Medicare fee<br />

would results in a cost of AUD4 499 for 30 sessions. The cost per major amputation<br />

avoided by HBOT in the treatment of diabetic wounds was estimated to be<br />

AUD11 142. The cost per amputation avoided (both major and minor) was<br />

AUD22 054. Sensitivity analysis suggested that this result was not robust. With 40<br />

HBOT sessions per treatment, the cost per amputation avoided was AUD43 087.<br />

HBOT treatment could cost less than the comparison treatment under several<br />

conditions, such as, sharing operating costs among more than one unit, giving 15 HBOT<br />

sessions per patient, and a risk reduction of 30% and 8% for major and minor<br />

amputations respectively. In contrast, with a risk reduction of 11% for major<br />

amputations and a risk increase of 25% for minor amputations (worst case scenario<br />

using the limits of the 95% CI), the comparison therapy became dominant.<br />

In conclusion, monoplace HBOT could be cost-effective in the treatment of diabetic<br />

wounds and could save resources in this treatment. The authors recognised however<br />

that the true cost of monoplace HBOT may be considerably different depending on<br />

how the facility was staffed and operated, and that there was considerable uncertainty<br />

surrounding the true effectiveness of HBOT and associated health cost offsets in this<br />

indication.<br />

4.3.1.5 Wheen et al. 83<br />

The New Zealand analysis of Wheen et al. (1994) performed an economic analysis of<br />

HBOT in the management of diabetic foot wounds.<br />

The cost items included were hospitalization costs (NZ$120/day in the Royal New<br />

Zealand Navy (RNZN) Hospital and NZ$450 in a public hospital), costs of the<br />

amputation (NZ$493), prosthesis supply and training (NZ$1 300), occupational therapy<br />

(NZ$113) and physiotherapy input (NZ$64), costs for a walking frame (NZ$100) and<br />

crutches (NZ$89).<br />

The outcomes were based on the study of Baroni et al. 100 since this was the only<br />

prospective and controlled (not randomised) trial at the moment of the study. The<br />

treatment group of 18 patients showed a significantly increased healing rate (89% versus<br />

10%) and a decreased amputation rate (11% versus 40%) compared with the control<br />

group of 10 patients. The mean hospitalisation period was also 20 days shorter (62<br />

versus 82 days) for those patients receiving HBOT.<br />

The average cost per patient was significantly less for the group treated with HBOT at<br />

the RNZN Hospital (NZ$10 565) than for the control group (NZ$38 359). This was<br />

mainly due to the difference in bed stay cost per day (NZ$120 versus NZ$450).<br />

Applying the same hospital stay cost of NZ$450 to the HBOT treatment group resulted<br />

in an average cost per patient of 31 026, which was still lower than the average cost of<br />

the control group.<br />

Despite the additional cost of HBOT, the combination of a shorter length of stay,<br />

amputation and rehabilitation costs resulted in lower total average cost for the<br />

treatment group compared with the control group.

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