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Cost-effectiveness of integrated collaborative care for comorbid major depression in patients with cancer

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Psychosomatic Research, November 2015
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Title
Cost-effectiveness of integrated collaborative care for comorbid major depression in patients with cancer
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Journal of Psychosomatic Research, November 2015
DOI 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2015.10.012
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Authors

A. Duarte, J. Walker, S. Walker, G. Richardson, C. Holm Hansen, P. Martin, G. Murray, M. Sculpher, M. Sharpe

Abstract

Comorbid major depression is associated with reduced quality of life and greater use of healthcare resources. A recent randomised trial (SMaRT, Symptom Management Research Trials, Oncology-2) found that a collaborative care treatment programme (Depression Care for People with Cancer, DCPC) was highly effective in treating depression in patients with cancer. This study aims to estimate the cost-effectiveness of DCPC compared with usual care from a health service perspective. Costs were estimated using UK national unit cost estimates and health outcomes measured using quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs). Incremental cost-effectiveness of DCPC compared with usual care was calculated and scenario analyses performed to test alternative assumptions on costs and missing data. Uncertainty was characterised using cost-effectiveness acceptability curves. The probability of DCPC being cost-effective was determined using the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's (NICE) cost-effectiveness threshold range of £20,000 to £30,000 per QALY gained. DCPC cost on average £631 more than usual care per patient, and resulted in a mean gain of 0.066 QALYs, yielding an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of £9549 per QALY. The probability of DCPC being cost-effective was 0.9 or greater at cost-effectiveness thresholds above £20,000 per QALY for the base case and scenario analyses. Compared with usual care, DCPC is likely to be cost-effective at the current thresholds used by NICE. This study adds to the weight of evidence that collaborative care treatment models are cost-effective for depression, and provides new evidence regarding their use in specialist medical settings.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 1%
Colombia 1 1%
Unknown 90 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 18 20%
Researcher 14 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 10%
Student > Postgraduate 6 7%
Student > Bachelor 6 7%
Other 19 21%
Unknown 20 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 21 23%
Medicine and Dentistry 16 17%
Nursing and Health Professions 10 11%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 6 7%
Social Sciences 3 3%
Other 15 16%
Unknown 21 23%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 November 2018.
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#12
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