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Medwave 2020;20(11):e8086 doi: 10.5867/medwave.2020.11.8086
Evaluación económica en salud: costo-utilidad de la incorporación del reemplazo total de rodilla en la cobertura del régimen de Garantías Explícitas en Salud en Chile
Economic evaluation in health: Cost-utility of the incorporation of total knee replacement to the Chilean Explicit Health-Guarantees regime
Rony Lenz-Alcayaga, Daniela Paredes-Fernández, Diego Edwards-Silva , Pablo Gálvez-Ortega
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Palabras clave: Total Knee Replacement, Cost-Utility Analysis, Knee Osteoarthritis

Abstract

Background
Osteoarthritis is an important health condition due to its prevalence and functional deterioration, being the most common cause of disability in people over 65 years of age. The Chilean Explicit Health-Guarantees regime provides coverage for medical treatment in mild and moderate presentations, excluding surgical treatment in end-stage knee osteoarthritis.

Objectives
To evaluate the cost-utility of incorporating total knee replacement to the Explicit Health-Guarantees regime for over-65-years beneficiaries of the public insurance system, versus maintenance with medical treatment.

Methods
A Scoping review was coducted to identify model parameters and economic evaluation based in a 6 health states Markov Model, from the perspective of the public payer and lifetime horizon. The Incremental Cost-Utility Ratio (ICUR) was calculated, and deterministic and probabilistic uncertainty analysis were performed.

Results
Twenty-two articles were selected as reference sources. If the regime were to adopt the procedure, the implication would be a benefit of 9.8 Years of Life Adjusted by Quality (QALY) versus 2.4 QALY in the scenario without access to total knee replacement. The ICUR was $ -445 689 CLP/QALY (U$D -633.8/QALY), wherein the inclusion of total knee replacement to the regime becomes a dominant alternative versus the current scenario. Each quality-adjusted life-year gained by the surgery will save CLP 445 689. At a willingness to pay of CLP 502,596/QALY (U$D 714.7/QALY), access to surgery is cost-useful with a 99.9% certainty.

Conclusion
Total knee replacement in patients older than 65 years is a dominant alternative. Access to this procedure in the Chilean Explicit Health-Guarantees regime in the public system is cost-useful at a threshold of 1 GDP per capita.


 

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Background
Osteoarthritis is an important health condition due to its prevalence and functional deterioration, being the most common cause of disability in people over 65 years of age. The Chilean Explicit Health-Guarantees regime provides coverage for medical treatment in mild and moderate presentations, excluding surgical treatment in end-stage knee osteoarthritis.

Objectives
To evaluate the cost-utility of incorporating total knee replacement to the Explicit Health-Guarantees regime for over-65-years beneficiaries of the public insurance system, versus maintenance with medical treatment.

Methods
A Scoping review was coducted to identify model parameters and economic evaluation based in a 6 health states Markov Model, from the perspective of the public payer and lifetime horizon. The Incremental Cost-Utility Ratio (ICUR) was calculated, and deterministic and probabilistic uncertainty analysis were performed.

Results
Twenty-two articles were selected as reference sources. If the regime were to adopt the procedure, the implication would be a benefit of 9.8 Years of Life Adjusted by Quality (QALY) versus 2.4 QALY in the scenario without access to total knee replacement. The ICUR was $ -445 689 CLP/QALY (U$D -633.8/QALY), wherein the inclusion of total knee replacement to the regime becomes a dominant alternative versus the current scenario. Each quality-adjusted life-year gained by the surgery will save CLP 445 689. At a willingness to pay of CLP 502,596/QALY (U$D 714.7/QALY), access to surgery is cost-useful with a 99.9% certainty.

Conclusion
Total knee replacement in patients older than 65 years is a dominant alternative. Access to this procedure in the Chilean Explicit Health-Guarantees regime in the public system is cost-useful at a threshold of 1 GDP per capita.

Autores: Rony Lenz-Alcayaga[1], Daniela Paredes-Fernández[1], Diego Edwards-Silva [2], Pablo Gálvez-Ortega[3]

Filiación:
[1] Núcleo Académico Instituto de Salud Pública, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile
[2] Servicio de Ortopedia y Traumatología Hospital Padre Hurtado, Facultad de Medicina, Clínica Alemana - Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile
[3] Claustro Académico, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

E-mail: daniela.paredes.f@unab.cl

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Citación: Lenz-Alcayaga R, Paredes-Fernández D, Edwards-Silva D, Gálvez-Ortega P. Economic evaluation in health: Cost-utility of the incorporation of total knee replacement to the Chilean Explicit Health-Guarantees regime. Medwave 2020;20(11):e8086 doi: 10.5867/medwave.2020.11.8086

Fecha de envío: 11/5/2020

Fecha de aceptación: 17/11/2020

Fecha de publicación: 15/12/2020

Origen: No solicitado.

Tipo de revisión: Revisión por pares externa, por tres árbitros a doble ciego.

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Strain D, Li CS, Phillips M, Monteagudo Piqueras O, Bhandari M. Cost Effectiveness and Economic Impact of the KineSpring Knee Implant System in the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis in Spain. J Long Term Eff Med Implants. 2015;25(3):225-35. | CrossRef | PubMed |

Swank ML, Alkire M, Conditt M, Lonner JH. Technology and cost-effectiveness in knee arthroplasty: computer navigation and robotics. Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ). 2009 Feb;38(2 Suppl):32-6. | PubMed |

Fingar KR, Stocks C, Weiss AJ, Steiner CA. Most Frequent Operating Room Procedures Performed in U.S. Hospitals, 2003–2012: Statistical Brief #186. 2014 Dec. In: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Statistical Briefs [Internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2006 Feb–. | PubMed |

Kurtz S, Ong K, Lau E, Mowat F, Halpern M. Projections of primary and revision hip and knee arthroplasty in the United States from 2005 to 2030. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2007 Apr;89(4):780-5. | CrossRef | PubMed |

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FONASA. Oficio ordinario 1k N°18473/2019. 2019;:SOLICITUD DE INFORMACIÓN PÚBLICA, No AO004T0002428.

The Joanna Briggs Institute. The Joanna Briggs Institute Reviewers’ Manual 2015: Methodology for JBI scoping reviews. Joanne Briggs Inst 2015;1–24. [Internet] | Link |

AUGE, MINSAL. 41. Tratamiento médico en personas de 55 años y más con artrosis de cadera y/o rodilla, leve o moderada. 2020. (accessed 4 Nov 2020). [Internet] | Link |

MINSAL. Subsecretaria de Salud Pública. Informe de Demanda. Estudio Verificación del Costo Esperado Individual Promedio por Beneficiario del Conjunto Priorizado de Problemas de Salud con Garantías Explíticas 2015. 2016. (accessed 4 Nov 2020). [Internet] | Link |

Ministerio de Salud Chile. Guía Clínica Tratamiento Médico en personas de 55 años y mas con Artrosis de Cadera y/o rodilla. Minist Salud Chile 2009; 4-33. (accessed 4 Nov 2020). [Internet] | Link |

Dong H, Buxton M. Early assessment of the likely cost-effectiveness of a new technology: A Markov model with probabilistic sensitivity analysis of computer- assisted total knee replacement. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2006 Spring;22(2):191-202. | CrossRef | PubMed |

Losina E, Walensky RP, Kessler CL, Emrani PS, Reichmann WM, Wright EA, et al. Cost-effectiveness of total knee arthroplasty in the United States: patient risk and hospital volume. Arch Intern Med. 2009 Jun 22;169(12):1113-21; discussion 1121-2. | CrossRef | PubMed |

Pennington M, Grieve R, Black N, van der Meulen JH. Cost-Effectiveness of Five Commonly Used Prosthesis Brands for Total Knee Replacement in the UK: A Study Using the NJR Dataset. PLoS One. 2016 Mar 4;11(3):e0150074. | CrossRef | PubMed |

Burn E, Liddle AD, Hamilton TW, Pai S, Pandit HG, Murray DW, et al. Choosing Between Unicompartmental and Total Knee Replacement: What Can Economic Evaluations Tell Us? A Systematic Review. Pharmacoecon Open. 2017 Dec;1(4):241-253. | CrossRef | PubMed |

Willis E. The increasing demand for knee replacements: a hostage to fortune. Br J Gen Pract. 2015 Jan;65(630):40-1. | CrossRef | PubMed |

INE. Tablas de mortalidad Metodología. 2016.

Wu LW, Chen WL, Peng TC, Chiang ST, Yang HF, Sun YS, et al. All-cause mortality risk in elderly individuals with disabilities: a retrospective observational study. BMJ Open. 2016 Sep 13;6(9):e011164. | CrossRef | PubMed |

Liddle AD, Judge A, Pandit H, Murray DW. Adverse outcomes after total and unicompartmental knee replacement in 101,330 matched patients: a study of data from the National Joint Registry for England and Wales. Lancet. 2014 Oct 18;384(9952):1437-45. | CrossRef | PubMed |

Mogyorosy Z, Smith PC. The main methodological issues in costing health care services - a literature review. CHE Res Pap 7 2005;1–242. [Internet] | Link |

Ministerio de Salud. Estudio de Verificación del Costo esperado individual promedio por beneficiario del conjunto priorizado de problemas de salud con Garantías Explícitas. Santiago, Chile. 2016.

Oostenbrink JB, Koopmanschap MA, Rutten FF. Standardisation of costs: the Dutch Manual for Costing in economic evaluations. Oostenbrink JB, Koopmanschap MA, Rutten FF. Pharmacoeconomics. 2002;20(7):443-54. | CrossRef | PubMed |

Gray AM, Clarke PM, Wolstenholme JL. Defining, measuring, and valuing costs. In: Gray A, Briggs A, eds. Applied Methods of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Healthcare: New York: : Oxford University Press 2010. 119–41.

Dakin H, Gray A, Fitzpatrick R, Maclennan G, Murray D; KAT Trial Group. Rationing of total knee replacement: a cost-effectiveness analysis on a large trial data set. BMJ Open. 2012 Jan 30;2(1):e000332. | CrossRef | PubMed |

KAT Trial Group, Johnston L, MacLennan G, McCormack K, Ramsay C, Walker A. The Knee Arthroplasty Trial (KAT) design features, baseline characteristics, and two-year functional outcomes after alternative approaches to knee replacement. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2009 Jan;91(1):134-41. | CrossRef | PubMed |

Ministerio de Salud. Guía Metodológica para la Evaluación Económica de Intervenciones en Salud en Chile. Departamento de Economía de la Salud. Subsecretaría de Salud Pública. Santiago, Chile. 2013. [Internet] | Link |

Gøthesen Ø, Slover J, Havelin L, Askildsen JE, Malchau H, Furnes O. An economic model to evaluate cost-effectiveness of computer assisted knee replacement surgery in Norway. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2013 Jul 6;14:202. | CrossRef | PubMed |

Veronese N, Cereda E, Maggi S, Luchini C, Solmi M, Smith T, et al. Osteoarthritis and mortality: A prospective cohort study and systematic review with meta-analysis. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2016 Oct;46(2):160-167. | CrossRef | PubMed |

Hochberg MC. Mortality in osteoarthritis. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2008 Sep- Oct;26(5 Suppl 51):S120-4. | PubMed |

Kluzek S, Sanchez-Santos MT, Leyland KM, Judge A, Spector TD, Hart D, et al. Painful knee but not hand osteoarthritis is an independent predictor of mortality over 23 years follow-up of a population-based cohort of middle-aged women. Ann Rheum Dis. 2016 Oct;75(10):1749-56. | CrossRef | PubMed |

Hardy SE, Kang Y, Studenski SA, Degenholtz HB. Ability to walk 1/4 mile predicts subsequent disability, mortality, and health care costs. J Gen Intern Med. 2011 Feb;26(2):130-5. | CrossRef | PubMed |

Waimann CA, Fernandez-Mazarambroz RJ, Cantor SB, Lopez-Olivo MA, Zhang H, Landon GC, et al. Cost-effectiveness of total knee replacement: a prospective cohort study. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2014 Apr;66(4):592-9. | CrossRef | PubMed |

Navarro Espigares JL, Hernández Torres E. Cost-outcome analysis of joint replacement: evidence from a Spanish public hospital. Gac Sanit. 2008 Jul- Aug;22(4):337-43. | CrossRef | PubMed |

Räsänen P, Paavolainen P, Sintonen H, Koivisto AM, Blom M, Ryynänen OP, et al. Effectiveness of hip or knee replacement surgery in terms of quality- adjusted life years and costs. Acta Orthop. 2007 Feb;78(1):108-15. | CrossRef | PubMed |

Kuznietsova V, Woodward RS. Estimating the Learning Curve of a Novel Medical Device: Bipolar Sealer Use in Unilateral Total Knee Arthroplasties. Value Health. 2018 Mar;21(3):283-294. | CrossRef | PubMed |

Koskinen E, Eskelinen A, Paavolainen P, Pulkkinen P, Remes V. Comparison of survival and cost-effectiveness between unicondylar arthroplasty and total knee arthroplasty in patients with primary osteoarthritis: a follow-up study of 50,493 knee replacements from the Finnish Arthroplasty Register. Acta Orthop. 2008 Aug;79(4):499-507. | CrossRef | PubMed |

Canadian Institute for Health Information. Outcomes for Simultaneous and Staged Bilateral Total Knee Replacement Surgeries. Otawa, Canadá. CIHI 2016. [Internet] | Link |

Odum SM, Troyer JL, Kelly MP, Dedini RD, Bozic KJ. A cost-utility analysis comparing the cost-effectiveness of simultaneous and staged bilateral total knee arthroplasty. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2013 Aug 21;95(16):1441-9. | CrossRef | PubMed |

Nuñez M, Nuñez E, Sastre S, Segur J, Lozano L, Nicodemo C. et al. AB0780 Cost utility analysis of total knee replacement in obese patients with osteoarthritis. prospective study with 12 months follow up. Ann Rheum Dis 2013;72:A1028.3-A1029. | CrossRef |