scholarly journals A Prenatal Remote Monitoring Program in Pregnancies Complicated with Gestational Hypertensive Disorders: What Are the Contributors to the Cost Savings?

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (8) ◽  
pp. 686-692 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorien Lanssens ◽  
Sharona Vonck ◽  
Thijs Vandenberk ◽  
Cédric Schraepen ◽  
Valerie Storms ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Remote Monitoring ◽  
Monitoring Program ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Hypertensive Disorders ◽  
The Cost

scholarly journals The impact of a remote monitoring program on the prenatal follow-up of women with gestational hypertensive disorders

2018 ◽  
Vol 223 ◽  
pp. 72-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorien Lanssens ◽  
Sharona Vonck ◽  
Valerie Storms ◽  
Inge M. Thijs ◽  
Lars Grieten ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Remote Monitoring ◽  
Monitoring Program ◽  
Hypertensive Disorders ◽  
The Impact

Pregnancy REmote MOnitoring: de toegevoegde waarde van telemonitoring in de prenatale opvolging van door gestationele hypertensieve aandoeningen gecompliceerde zwangerschappen

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. LANSSENS ◽  
I.M. THIJS ◽  
W. GYSELAERS ◽  
PREMOM II-CONSORTIUM
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Prenatal Care ◽  
Remote Monitoring ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Neonatal Morbidity ◽  
Severe Form ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Hypertensive Disorders ◽  
Significant Prolongation ◽  
The Cost

Pregnancy REmote MOnitoring: added value of remote monitoring in the prenatal care for women at risk for gestational hypertensive disorders Worldwide, 5% to 8% of pregnancies are complicated with gestational hypertensive disorders (GHD), which are associated with a high maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. Observational data from the retrospective, non-randomized Pregnancy REmote MOnitoring (PREMOM I) study revealed potential benefits of remote monitoring (RM) in prenatal care of women at risk for GHD. When compared to conventional care, RM pregnancies showed a significant prolongation of pregnancy, a decrease in the total number of labour inductions and a clinically less severe form of GHD. A reduction in costs, due to less need for neonatal intensive care, was in balance with the cost for organisation and technology of RM. Based on this results, PREMOM II has been initiated: a prospective, randomized multicenter study, financed by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) to evaluate clinical, psychological and health economic performance of prenatal blood pressure RM.

The breakeven point for implementing telehealth

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (9) ◽  
pp. 530-536 ◽  
Author(s):  
Centaine L Snoswell ◽  
Monica L Taylor ◽  
Liam J Caffery
Keyword(s):  
Health System ◽  
Remote Monitoring ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Sufficient Information ◽  
System Perspective ◽  
Literature Searches ◽  
Healthcare It ◽  
Store And Forward ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Breakeven Point

Introduction There are finite resources available to spend on healthcare, with the increasing burden of disease and the increasing cost of providing healthcare it is imperative that methods for optimising health systems to improve sustainability are investigated. This study is part of a larger body of work investigating the potential for telehealth to improve the economic sustainability of the health system. The aim of this sub-analysis is to investigate the breakeven point for implementing a telehealth service; that is the point after which the initial investment is recouped and the cost savings have become tangible. Method Literature searches were conducted using broad terms for telehealth and economics to identify economic evaluation literature focusing on telehealth. Articles were included if they reported their findings from a health system perspective, demonstrated cost savings, and provided sufficient information to calculate the breakeven point. Results Less than half of the economic analysis studies examined reported cost savings for the health system as a result of telehealth. The breakeven point could be calculated for 12 articles, all of which were included in the analysis. These articles described evaluations for store-and-forward, remote monitoring and videoconference services. The breakeven points for these services ranged from near immediate (less than 1 year) to 9 years. Remote monitoring and store-and-forward services reached their breakeven points sooner than the videoconference services. Conclusion The results demonstrated that telehealth is cost saving for the health system in a proportion of services. When costs are saved, the breakeven point can be immediate (less than 1 year) or may take more time to eventuate.

Evaluation of a Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Program for Theophylline in a Teaching Hospital

1987 ◽  
Vol 21 (9) ◽  
pp. 702-706 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Daniel Robinson ◽  
William J. Taylor ◽  
David S. Wing ◽  
Henry J. Duff
Keyword(s):  
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring ◽  
Drug Monitoring ◽  
Monitoring Program ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Crossover Design ◽  
Therapeutic Drug ◽  
First Year ◽  
Serum Theophylline ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Single Blind

Studies concerning the value of therapeutic drug monitoring programs for theophylline have yielded contradictory findings. This study employed a prospective, single-blind, randomized, crossover design to evaluate the effect of a therapeutic drug monitoring program for theophylline. There were 410 serum theophylline assays performed in 169 patients. The average number of assays drawn incorrectly and the average number of assays used inappropriately were significantly reduced (from 1.87 to 1.32 and from 2.07 to 1.45, respectively) with therapeutic drug monitoring. When the program was withdrawn, no statistically significant change resulted, and when the program was reinstituted, there was improvement in audit criteria performance but the change was not statistically significant. Although the savings from the program would equal the cost in the first year, cost savings would be anticipated in the future.

Exploration-Stage Implementation Variation

2014 ◽  
Vol 222 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Romney ◽  
Nathaniel Israel ◽  
Danijela Zlatevski
Keyword(s):  
Parent Training ◽  
Average Cost ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Training Group ◽  
Group Differences ◽  
Triple P ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Parent Training Program ◽  
A Site ◽  
The Cost

The present study examines the effect of agency-level implementation variation on the cost-effectiveness of an evidence-based parent training program (Positive Parenting Program: “Triple P”). Staff from six community-based agencies participated in a five-day training to prepare them to deliver a 12-week Triple P parent training group to caregivers. Prior to the training, administrators and staff from four of the agencies completed a site readiness process intended to prepare them for the implementation demands of successfully delivering the group, while the other two agencies did not complete the process. Following the delivery of each agency’s first Triple P group, the graduation rate and average cost per class graduate were calculated. The average cost-per-graduate was over seven times higher for the two agencies that had not completed the readiness process than for the four completing agencies ($7,811 vs. $1,052). The contrast in costs was due to high participant attrition in the Triple P groups delivered by the two agencies that did not complete the readiness process. The odds of Triple P participants graduating were 12.2 times greater for those in groups run by sites that had completed the readiness process. This differential attrition was not accounted for by between-group differences in participant characteristics at pretest. While the natural design of this study limits the ability to empirically test all alternative explanations, these findings indicate a striking cost savings for sites completing the readiness process and support the thoughtful application of readiness procedures in the early stages of an implementation initiative.

REKAYASA NILAI HARGA PEMBUATAN TERHADAP EFEKTIFITAS PENGGUNAAN BAHAN PADA PEMBANGUNAN PERUMAHAN TIRTO PENATARAN ASRI TIPE 70/135 KECAMATAN NGLEGOK KABUPATEN BLITAR

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-52
Author(s):  
Mochamad Tamim Ma’ruf
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Application ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Comparison Method ◽  
Value Engineering ◽  
Design Work ◽  
Housing Projects ◽  
Initial Design ◽  
A Value ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Design Proposal

One-solving methods and techniques necessary to avoid inefficiencies and not economic costs as well as reduce the cost of housing construction is the method of Value Engineering. Value engineering is a method and cost control techniques to analyze a function to its value at the lowest cost alternative (most economical) without reducing the quality desired.At the writing of this study used a comparison method by comparing the initial design to the design proposal of the author. In the housing projects Upgrading Tirto Penataran Asri type 70, the application of Value Engineering conducted on the job a couple walls and roofs pair by replacing some work items with a more economical alternative but does not change the original function and high aesthetic level and still qualify safe. For that performed the step of determining a work item, the alternative stage, the analysis stage, and the stage of recommendations to get a Value Engineering application and cost savings against the wall a couple of work items and partner roof.The proposed design as compared to the initial design. Work items discussed was the work of a couple wall having analyzed obtained savings of Rp. 2,747,643.56 and the work of the roof pair obtained savings of Rp. 2,363,446.80. Thus the total overall savings gained is Rp 5,111,090.36 or savings of 0048%.

Cost-minimization analysis of drugs used in the treatment of Asthma and COPD diseases in India

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Billu Payal ◽  
Anoop Kumar ◽  
Harsh Saxena
Keyword(s):  
Generic Drugs ◽  
Cost Minimization ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Pulmonary Medicine ◽  
Potential Cost ◽  
Maximum Cost ◽  
Cost Minimization Analysis ◽  
Cost Variation ◽  
The Cost

Background: Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases (COPD) are well known respiratory diseases affecting millions of peoples in India. In the market, various branded generics, as well as generic drugs, are available for their treatment and how much cost will be saved by utilizing generic medicine is still unclear among physicians. Thus, the main aim of the current investigation was to perform cost-minimization analysis of generic versus branded generic (high and low expensive) drugs and branded generic (high expensive) versus branded generic (least expensive) used in the Department of Pulmonary Medicine of Era Medical University, Lucknow for the treatment of asthma and COPD. Methodology: The current index of medical stores (CIMS) was referred for the cost of branded drugs whereas the cost of generic drugs was taken from Jan Aushadi scheme of India 2016. The percentage of cost variation particularly to Asthma and COPD regimens on substituting available generic drugs was calculated using standard formula and costs were presented in Indian Rupees (as of 2019). Results: The maximum cost variation was found between the respules budesonide high expensive branded generic versus least expensive branded generic drugs and generic versus high expensive branded generic. In combination, the maximum cost variation was observed in the montelukast and levocetirizine combination. Conclusion: In conclusion, this study inferred that substituting generic antiasthmatics and COPD drugs can bring potential cost savings in patients.

Pound Wise and Penny Foolish? Weight Loss and The Dynamics of Health Care Spending

2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas G Koch
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Economic Consequences ◽  
Health Care Spending ◽  
Order Of Magnitude ◽  
Dynamic Measures ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Current estimates of obesity costs ignore the impact of future weight loss and gain, and may either over or underestimate economic consequences of weight loss. In light of this, I construct static and dynamic measures of medical costs associated with body mass index (BMI), to be balanced against the cost of one-time interventions. This study finds that ignoring the implications of weight loss and gain over time overstates the medical-cost savings of such interventions by an order of magnitude. When the relationship between spending and age is allowed to vary, weight-loss attempts appear to be cost-effective starting and ending with middle age. Some interventions recently proven to decrease weight may also be cost-effective.

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