Abstract:
BACKGROUND:Traditionally, outpatient visits for COPD are fixed, pre-planned by the pulmonologist. This is not a patient centered method, nor, in times of increasing COPD prevalence and resource constraints, perhaps the optimal method. OBJECTIVES:This pilot study, determined the effect of an on-demand-system, patient initiated outpatient visits, on health status, COPD-related healthcare resource-use and costs. METHODS:Patients were randomized between on-demand-system (n = 49) and usual care (n = 51), with a 2-year follow-up. Primary, health status was assessed with Clinical COPD Questionnaire (CCQ). Secondary endpoints were: St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ), Short Form-36 (SF-36) scores, visits to general practitioners (GP), pulmonologists, and pulmonary nurse practitioners (PNP), exacerbations and total treatment costs from healthcare providers and healthcare insurance perspectives. RESULTS:Participants had a mean FEV(1) 1.3 ± 0.4 liters and were 69 ± 9 years. CCQ total scores deteriorated in both groups, with no significant difference between them. CCQ symptom domain did show a significant and clinically relevant difference in favor of the on-demand-group, -0.4 ± 0.21, CI95% -0.87; -0.02, p = 0.04. Similar tendency was found for the SGRQ whereas results for SF-36 were inconsistent. Patients in the on-demand-group visited GP significantly less (p = 0.01), but PNP significantly more, p = 0.003. Visits to pulmonologists and exacerbations were equally frequent in both groups. Mean total costs per patient were lower in the on-demand-group in comparison with usual care, difference of €-518 (-1993; 788) from healthcare provider and €-458 (-2700; 1652) insurance perspective. CONCLUSIONS:The on-demand-system was comparable with usual care, had a cost-saving tendency, and can be instituted with confidence in the COPD outpatient care setting.
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Respir Medjournal_title
Respiratory medicineauthors
Berkhof FF,Hesselink AM,Vaessen DL,Uil SM,Kerstjens HA,van den Berg JWdoi
10.1016/j.rmed.2014.05.011subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2014-08-01 00:00:00pages
1163-70issue
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0954-6111issn
1532-3064pii
S0954-6111(14)00180-2journal_volume
108pub_type
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