Costs and cost-effectiveness of the Kerala pilot screening programme for diabetic retinopathy in the public health system.


Journal

Eye (London, England)
ISSN: 1476-5454
Titre abrégé: Eye (Lond)
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8703986

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
03 Sep 2024
Historique:
received: 15 08 2023
accepted: 12 08 2024
revised: 29 07 2024
medline: 4 9 2024
pubmed: 4 9 2024
entrez: 3 9 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

The Government of Kerala initiated a pilot screening programme for diabetic retinopathy in 16 Family Health Centres in Thiruvananthapuram district in 2019 in collaboration with the ORNATE India project. The evaluation of this pilot included a study of its costs and cost-effectiveness to inform decisions about extending the programme throughout Kerala. The participants comprise all 5307 people who were screened for diabetic retinopathy under the pilot programme for whom data could be collected. The costs of the pilot programme are estimated at INR 11.3 million (including INR 1.9 million costs to individuals) and the benefits at 514 QALYs, slightly over one QALY per person treated. The cost per QALY was INR 22,000, which is well below India's Gross National Income per person. Kerala's 2019 pilot screening programme for diabetic retinopathy was highly cost-effective.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES OBJECTIVE
The Government of Kerala initiated a pilot screening programme for diabetic retinopathy in 16 Family Health Centres in Thiruvananthapuram district in 2019 in collaboration with the ORNATE India project. The evaluation of this pilot included a study of its costs and cost-effectiveness to inform decisions about extending the programme throughout Kerala.
SUBJECTS/METHODS METHODS
The participants comprise all 5307 people who were screened for diabetic retinopathy under the pilot programme for whom data could be collected.
RESULTS RESULTS
The costs of the pilot programme are estimated at INR 11.3 million (including INR 1.9 million costs to individuals) and the benefits at 514 QALYs, slightly over one QALY per person treated. The cost per QALY was INR 22,000, which is well below India's Gross National Income per person.
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
Kerala's 2019 pilot screening programme for diabetic retinopathy was highly cost-effective.

Identifiants

pubmed: 39227383
doi: 10.1038/s41433-024-03304-w
pii: 10.1038/s41433-024-03304-w
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Journal Article

Langues

eng

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Auteurs

Raphael Wittenberg (R)

Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. raphael.wittenberg@phc.ox.ac.uk.

Robert Anderson (R)

Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

Stuart Redding (S)

Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

Bipin Gopal (B)

Directorate of Health Services, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.

Rajeev Sadanandan (R)

Health Systems Transformation Platform, New Delhi, India.

Vasudeva Iyer Sahasranamam (VI)

Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.

Simon George (S)

Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.

Lakshmi Premnazir (L)

Directorate of Health Services, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.

Gopalakrishnan Netuveli (G)

Institute for Connected Communities, University of East London, London, UK.

Jyotsna Srinath (J)

Institute for Connected Communities, University of East London, London, UK.

Radha Ramakrishnan (R)

Vision Sciences, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK.

Dolores Conroy (D)

Vision Sciences, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK.

Sobha Sivaprasad (S)

NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, UCL and Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

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