• J Formos Med Assoc · Jan 2022

    Real-world cost-effectiveness analysis of the fracture liaison services model of care for hip fracture in Taiwan.

    • Li-Nien Chien, Yi-Fan Li, Rong-Sen Yang, Tsung-Han Yang, Yi-Han Chen, Wei-Jia Huang, Hsin-Yi Tsai, Chun-Yi Li, and Ding-Cheng Chan.
    • School of Health Care Administration, College of Management, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
    • J Formos Med Assoc. 2022 Jan 1; 121 (1 Pt 2): 425-433.

    BackgroundThis study was to perform an economic evaluation to understand clinical outcomes and health resource use between hip fracture patients receiving hospital-based postfracture fracture liaison service (FLS) care and those receiving usual care (UC) in Taiwan.MethodsThis cohort study included hospital-based data of 174 hip fracture patients who received FLS care (FLS group) from National Taiwan University Hospital, and 1697 propensity score-matched patients who received UC (UC group) of National Health Insurance claim-based data. Two groups had similar baseline characteristics but differed in hip fracture care after propensity score matching. Clinical outcomes included refracture-free survival (RFS), hip-refracture-free survival (HRFS), and overall survival (OS). Health resource use included inpatient, outpatient, and pharmacy costs within 2 years follow-up after the index of hip fracture. The economic evaluation of the FLS model was analyzed using the net monetary benefit regression framework based on the National Health Insurance perspective.ResultsThe FLS group had longer RFS than the UC group, with an adjusted difference of 44.3 days (95% confidence interval: 7.2-81.4 days). Two groups did not differ in inpatient and outpatient costs during follow-up, but the FLS group had a higher expenditure than the UC group on osteoporosis-related medication. The probability of FLS being cost-effective was >80% and of increasing RFS, HRFS, and OS was 95%, 81%, and 80%, respectively, when the willingness-to-pay threshold was >USD 65/gross domestic product per day.ConclusionFLS care was cost-effective in reducing refracture occurrence days for patients initially diagnosed with hip fractures.Copyright © 2021 Formosan Medical Association. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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