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Health-economic evaluation of home telemonitoring for COPD in Germany: evidence from a large population-based cohort

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  • Dmitrij Achelrod

    (Universität Hamburg)

  • Jonas Schreyögg

    (Universität Hamburg)

  • Tom Stargardt

    (Universität Hamburg)

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Introduction Telemonitoring for COPD has gained much attention thanks to its potential of reducing morbidity and mortality, healthcare utilisation and costs. However, its benefit with regard to clinical and economic outcomes remains to be clearly demonstrated. Objective To analyse the effect of Europe’s largest COPD telemonitoring pilot project on direct medical costs, health resource utilisation and mortality at 12 months. Methods We evaluated a population-based cohort using administrative data. Difference-in-difference estimators were calculated to account for time-invariant unobservable heterogeneity after removing dissimilarities in observable characteristics between the telemonitoring and control group with a reweighting algorithm. Results The analysis comprised 651 telemonitoring participants and 7047 individuals in the standard care group. The mortality hazards ratio was lower in the intervention arm (HR 0.51, 95 % CI 0.30–0.86). Telemonitoring cut total costs by 895 € (p

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  • Dmitrij Achelrod & Jonas Schreyögg & Tom Stargardt, 2017. "Health-economic evaluation of home telemonitoring for COPD in Germany: evidence from a large population-based cohort," The European Journal of Health Economics, Springer;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie (DGGÖ), vol. 18(7), pages 869-882, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:eujhec:v:18:y:2017:i:7:d:10.1007_s10198-016-0834-x
    DOI: 10.1007/s10198-016-0834-x
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    Keywords

    Telemonitoring; COPD; Cost-effectiveness; Administrative data;
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    JEL classification:

    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • H51 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Health

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