An Economic Analysis of the Association Among Secondary Health Conditions, Health Care Costs, and Quality of Life for Persons With Spinal Cord Injury.

costs health economics health status spinal cord injury

Journal

Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation
ISSN: 1945-5763
Titre abrégé: Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9515174

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2023
Historique:
pmc-release: 01 06 2024
medline: 11 12 2023
pubmed: 11 12 2023
entrez: 11 12 2023
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

A previous analysis using the Canadian Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Community Survey data identified that there were individuals with a high number of secondary health conditions, high health care utilization, poor health outcomes, and unmet health care needs. The objectives of this study were to estimate the annual health care costs of persons with SCI who report secondary health conditions, and to determine the association between these secondary health conditions with health care utilization and self-reported life satisfaction and quality of life. The survey respondents were divided into four groups: traumatic SCI (tSCI; those who said they received needed care and those who said they did not) and nontraumatic SCI (ntSCI; those who said they received needed care and those who said they did not). The average annual health care costs per respondent were estimated for each group. Using regression analysis, we estimated the change in average annual health care costs that were associated with an additional secondary health condition for respondents in each group. Participants who reported not receiving needed care had on average 23% more secondary health conditions than those receiving needed care. The increase in average annual health care costs associated with one additional secondary health conditions was between $428 ($37-$820) (ntSCI, receiving needed care) and $1240 ($739-$1741) (tSCI, not receiving needed care). This study provides insight into potential cost savings associated with a reduction of secondary health conditions as well as an estimate of the reduction in health care costs associated with moving from not receiving all needed care to receiving needed care.

Sections du résumé

Background UNASSIGNED
A previous analysis using the Canadian Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Community Survey data identified that there were individuals with a high number of secondary health conditions, high health care utilization, poor health outcomes, and unmet health care needs.
Objectives UNASSIGNED
The objectives of this study were to estimate the annual health care costs of persons with SCI who report secondary health conditions, and to determine the association between these secondary health conditions with health care utilization and self-reported life satisfaction and quality of life.
Methods UNASSIGNED
The survey respondents were divided into four groups: traumatic SCI (tSCI; those who said they received needed care and those who said they did not) and nontraumatic SCI (ntSCI; those who said they received needed care and those who said they did not). The average annual health care costs per respondent were estimated for each group. Using regression analysis, we estimated the change in average annual health care costs that were associated with an additional secondary health condition for respondents in each group.
Results UNASSIGNED
Participants who reported not receiving needed care had on average 23% more secondary health conditions than those receiving needed care. The increase in average annual health care costs associated with one additional secondary health conditions was between $428 ($37-$820) (ntSCI, receiving needed care) and $1240 ($739-$1741) (tSCI, not receiving needed care).
Conclusion UNASSIGNED
This study provides insight into potential cost savings associated with a reduction of secondary health conditions as well as an estimate of the reduction in health care costs associated with moving from not receiving all needed care to receiving needed care.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38076292
doi: 10.46292/sci22-00039
pmc: PMC10644854
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

80-88

Informations de copyright

© 2023 American Spinal Injury Association.

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Auteurs

Craig Mitton (C)

Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Francois Dionne (F)

Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Nader Fallah (N)

Praxis Spinal Cord Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Vanessa K Noonan (VK)

Praxis Spinal Cord Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Department of Orthopedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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