Abstract
Aim: The objective was to estimate the cost of care associated with two negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) technologies used to treat patients admitted to the hospital with moderate-to-severe foot infections. Materials methods: A decision tree simulation model was developed to estimate the hospital costs associated with two different NPWT technologies: Cardinal Health™ PRO (NPWT-C) and V.A.C. ULTA™ (NPWT-K). Clinical data were obtained from a previously completed single-site prospective trial. One-way and probabilistic sensitivity analyses were performed to gauge the robustness of the results. Results: The total expected per-patient costs were US$41,206 (SD: US$8,194) for NPWT-C and US$44,439 (SD: US$8,963) for NPWT-K. Conclusion: This study found that NPWT-C was expected to minimize the total costs over the episode of treatment. Larger and more clinically diverse studies are recommended to confirm these findings.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1027-1033 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research |
Volume | 9 |
Issue number | 14 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 2020 |
Keywords
- cost-effectiveness analysis
- health economics
- negative pressure wound therapy
- ulcer
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Health Policy