title: Person-centred care for patients with chronic heart failure - a cost-utility analysis.
abstract: Costs of care for patients with chronic heart failure have been estimated at between 1% and 2% of the total health care expenditure in Europe and North America. Two-thirds are for inpatient care. Person-centred care (PCC) asserts that patients are persons and should not be reduced to their diseases alone.
  
  
  
  The aim of this study was to estimate the cost-utility of PCC when compared with conventional care in patients hospitalized for worsening chronic heart failure.
  
  
  
  Data for the cost-utility analysis were collected alongside a prospective clinical intervention study with a controlled before and after design from 2008 to 2010. Patient-specific resources used and preference-based health status data were collected at an individual level.Only 63% received PCC as intended illustrating the difficulties of introducing new methods in established organizations. The group intended to have PCC yielded higher costs in comparison with the conventional care group. The incremental cost was estimated as €98. The costs for those who actually received PCC, per protocol (PP) (63%) were significantly (p=0.026) lower than for those in the conventional care group, with an incremental cost-saving of €863. For the first three months, patients in the conventional care group showed decreasing health-related quality of life, with a corresponding improvement in the PCC(PP) group.
  
  
  
  It must be emphasized, however, that these positive effects, both cheaper and somewhat better, were obtained only among those receiving the PCC intervention in its intended form, PCC(PP).
authors.affiliation: Institute of Health and Care Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Centre for Person-Centred Care (GPCC), University of Gothenburg, Sweden elisabeth.hansson@orthop.gu.se.
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hansson
authors.affiliation: Institute of Health and Care Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Centre for Person-Centred Care (GPCC), University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
authors.forename: Inger
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ekman
authors.affiliation: Centre for Person-Centred Care (GPCC), University of Gothenburg, Sweden Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Institute of Heart and Lung Diseases, Imperial College, London, UK.
authors.forename: Karl
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Swedberg
authors.affiliation: Institute of Health and Care Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Centre for Person-Centred Care (GPCC), University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
authors.forename: Axel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.affiliation: Institute of Health and Care Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Centre for Person-Centred Care (GPCC), University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
authors.forename: Kerstin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dudas
authors.affiliation: Centre for Health Improvement, Aalborg University, Denmark.
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ehlers
authors.affiliation: Institute of Health and Care Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Centre for Person-Centred Care (GPCC), University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
authors.forename: Lars-Eric
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Olsson
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005060:Europe; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000191:economics* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011788:Quality of Life
keywords: Person-centred care; QALY; chronic heart failure; cost–utility analysis; organizational culture