Health Economic Modelling

Uses

How it works

Highlighted claims

• The health economic analysis is a cost-consequence analysis conducted over a short time horizon from an NHS and personal social services perspective. — Is home-based self-swabbing feasible for postoperative wound culture after cardiac surgery? A multicentre mixed-methods feasibility study in the UK
• Outcomes of interest in the economic model include resource use, costs, intervention cost and the proportion of patients receiving appropriate antibiotics in a timely way. — Is home-based self-swabbing feasible for postoperative wound culture after cardiac surgery? A multicentre mixed-methods feasibility study in the UK
• A deterministic modelling approach will be used, with sensitivity and threshold analyses to test the impact of individual parameters on costs and outcomes. — Is home-based self-swabbing feasible for postoperative wound culture after cardiac surgery? A multicentre mixed-methods feasibility study in the UK
• The standard care pathway will be modelled using literature data, with gaps in evidence filled by expert opinion. — Is home-based self-swabbing feasible for postoperative wound culture after cardiac surgery? A multicentre mixed-methods feasibility study in the UK