"Changing behavior is difficult, so making dietary changes and exercise efforts incremental helps the person avoid early frustration," he said.
Incremental costs per person for the telephonic intervention were $176.61.
Substitution into the equation produces an expected incremental cost per person screened of £201.
The expected incremental benefit per person screened equals 5.3 quality-adjusted life days, and the incremental cost effectiveness ratio amounts to £13,910.
The primary economic evaluation will take the form of a cost effectiveness study with a range of outcome measures including the incremental cost per extra person with a clinically significant improvement in pain, per extra person perceived to be recovered, and per extra quality adjusted life years (using the AQoL over 22 weeks).
The primary economic evaluation will take the form of a cost effectiveness study with a range of outcome measures including the incremental cost per extra person with a clinically significant improvement in pain, per extra person perceived to be recovered, and per extra quality adjusted life years (using the AQoL over 12 months).
As supplementary analyses the incremental cost per extra person with a clinically significant improvement in function, and per extra person perceived to be recovered will be calculated Ethics approval was obtained from the Human Research Ethics Committee of the University of Melbourne in April 2010.
Results On the basis of the data in the trial, the estimated mean incremental lifetime cost per person receiving the DESMOND intervention is £209 (95% confidence interval −£704 to £1137€25151, −€844 to €1363; $326, −$1098 to $1773), the incremental gain in QALYs per person is 0.0392 (−0.0813 to 0.1786), and the mean incremental cost per QALY is £5387.
Assuming an average of 1.73 incremental GP appointments per person enrolled in the program, a GP caring for 100 CHB patients would need to accommodate 173 additional patient consultations each year.
The primary economic evaluation will take the form of a cost effectiveness study with a range of outcome measures including the incremental cost per extra person with a clinically significant improvement in pain and function and per extra quality adjusted life years (QALYs) for laser acupuncture compared to either sham or needle acupuncture.
