Costs and Sustainability

Risks & contraindications

Evidence quality

Other

Highlighted claims

• T1DE services are described as low-volume, high-cost, and high-risk. — Delivering integrated diabetes and mental healthcare for people with type 1 diabetes disordered eating (T1DE): a mixed methods evaluation
• Per-patient costs varied substantially across services, ranging from about £8,150 to £17,100. — Delivering integrated diabetes and mental healthcare for people with type 1 diabetes disordered eating (T1DE): a mixed methods evaluation
• Trusts and Integrated Care Boards may struggle to fund T1DE services as routine care because the services are specialised, expensive per patient, and serve a small high-risk group. — Delivering integrated diabetes and mental healthcare for people with type 1 diabetes disordered eating (T1DE): a mixed methods evaluation
• Short funding windows may be too brief to recruit staff, build trust, treat high-risk patients gradually, and collect long-term evidence. — Delivering integrated diabetes and mental healthcare for people with type 1 diabetes disordered eating (T1DE): a mixed methods evaluation
• Future economic evaluation should include hospital use, diabetic ketoacidosis admissions, emergency attendances, outpatient use, and wider healthcare outcomes. — Delivering integrated diabetes and mental healthcare for people with type 1 diabetes disordered eating (T1DE): a mixed methods evaluation
• Costs are expected to fall and become more similar as services become embedded and treat more patients. — Delivering integrated diabetes and mental healthcare for people with type 1 diabetes disordered eating (T1DE): a mixed methods evaluation