Miners, Alec;
Lampe, Fiona C;
Cambiano, Valentina;
Schwenk, Achim;
Rodger, Alison;
Sadique, Zia;
Rein, Sophia;
... Phillips, Andrew N; + view all
(2023)
Estimating the hospital costs of care for people living with HIV in England using routinely collected data.
HIV Medicine
10.1111/hiv.13529.
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Abstract
Background: Understanding the health care activity and associated hospital costs of caring for people living with HIV is an important component of assessing the cost effectiveness of new technologies and for budget planning. Methods: Data collected between 2010 and 2017 from an English HIV treatment centre were combined with national reference costs to estimate the rate of hospital attendances and costs per quarter year, according to demographic and clinical factors. The final dataset included records for 1763 people living with HIV, which was analysed using negative binomial regression models and general estimating equations. Results: People living with HIV experienced an unadjusted average of 0.028 (standard deviation [SD] 0.20) inpatient episodes per quarter, equivalent to one every 9 years, and 1.85 (SD 2.30) outpatient visits per quarter. The unadjusted mean quarterly cost per person with HIV (excluding antiretroviral drug costs) was £439 (SD 604). Outpatient appointments and inpatient episodes accounted for 88% and 6% of total costs, respectively. In adjusted models, low CD4 count was the strongest predictor of inpatient stays and outpatient visits. Low CD4 count and new patient status (having a first visit at the Trust in the last 6 months) were the factors that most increased estimated costs. Associations were weaker or less consistent for demographic factors (age, sex/sexual orientation/ethnicity). Sensitivity analyses suggest that the findings were generally robust to alternative parameter and modelling assumptions. Conclusion: A number of factors predicted hospital activity and costs, but CD4 cell count and new patient status were the strongest. The study results can be incorporated into future economic evaluations and budget impact assessments of HIV‐related technologies.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Estimating the hospital costs of care for people living with HIV in England using routinely collected data |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/hiv.13529 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/hiv.13529 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. © 2023 The Authors. HIV Medicine published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British HIV Association. |
| Keywords: | cost, cost-analysis, England, HIV, resource use |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute for Global Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute for Global Health > Infection and Population Health |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10176228 |
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