The impact of waiting for intervention on costs and effectiveness: the case of transcatheter aortic valve replacement

The European Journal of Health Economics - Tập 19 - Trang 945-956 - 2017
Aida Ribera1,2, John Slof3, Ignacio Ferreira-González1,2, Vicente Serra2, Bruno García-del Blanco4, Purificació Cascant1, Rut Andrea4, Carlos Falces4, Enrique Gutiérrez5, Raquel del Valle-Fernández6, César Morís-de laTassa6, Pedro Mota7, Juan Francisco Oteo8, Pilar Tornos2, David García-Dorado2
1Cardiovascular Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Cardiology Department, University Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Consorcio de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain
2Cardiology Department (CIBERCV), University Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
3Department of Business, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
4Cardiology Department, Thorax Institute, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
5Cardiology Department, Departamento de Medicina, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
6Unidad de Hemodinamica y Cardiología Intervencionista, Area del Corazón, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
7Servicio de Cardiología, ICICOR, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valladolid, Spain
8Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain

Tóm tắt

The economic crisis in Europe might have limited access to some innovative technologies implying an increase of waiting time. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the impact of waiting time on the costs and benefits of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) for the treatment of severe aortic stenosis. This is a cost-utility analysis from the perspective of the Spanish National Health Service. Results of two prospective hospital registries (158 and 273 consecutive patients) were incorporated into a probabilistic Markov model to compare quality adjusted life years (QALYs) and costs for TAVR after waiting for 3–12 months, relative to immediate TAVR. We simulated a cohort of 1000 patients, male, and 80 years old; other patient profiles were assessed in sensitivity analyses. As waiting time increased, costs decreased at the expense of lower survival and loss of QALYs, leading to incremental cost-effectiveness ratios for eliminating waiting lists of about 12,500 € per QALY. In subgroup analyses prioritization of patients for whom higher benefit was expected led to a smaller loss of QALYs. Concerning budget impact, long waiting lists reduced spending considerably and permanently. A shorter waiting time is likely to be cost-effective (considering commonly accepted willingness-to-pay thresholds in Europe) relative to 3 months or longer waiting periods. If waiting lists are nevertheless seen as unavoidable due to severe but temporary budgetary restrictions, prioritizing patients for whom higher benefit is expected appears to be a way of postponing spending without utterly sacrificing patients’ survival and quality of life.

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