Cost-effectiveness analysis of fracture liaison services:a Markov model using Dutch real-world data

Summary: This study assessed the lifetime cost-effectiveness of a fracture liaison service (FLS) compared to no-FLS in the Netherlands from a societal perspective and suggested that FLS was cost-effective in patients with a recent fracture aged 50 years and older. The implementation of FLS could lead to lifetime health-economic benefits. Introduction: The objective of this study was to investigate the lifetime cost-effectiveness of a fracture liaison service (FLS) compared to no-FLS in the Netherlands from a societal perspective and using real-world data. Methods: Annual fracture incidence, tr... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Li, N
van den Bergh, J P
Boonen, A
Wyers, C E
Bours, S P G
Hiligsmann, M
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
Reihe/Periodikum: Li , N , van den Bergh , J P , Boonen , A , Wyers , C E , Bours , S P G & Hiligsmann , M 2024 , ' Cost-effectiveness analysis of fracture liaison services : a Markov model using Dutch real-world data ' , Osteoporosis International , vol. 35 , no. 2 , pp. 293–307 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-023-06924-2
Schlagwörter: Cost-effectiveness / Fracture / Fracture liaison services / Osteoporosis
Sprache: Englisch
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Summary: This study assessed the lifetime cost-effectiveness of a fracture liaison service (FLS) compared to no-FLS in the Netherlands from a societal perspective and suggested that FLS was cost-effective in patients with a recent fracture aged 50 years and older. The implementation of FLS could lead to lifetime health-economic benefits. Introduction: The objective of this study was to investigate the lifetime cost-effectiveness of a fracture liaison service (FLS) compared to no-FLS in the Netherlands from a societal perspective and using real-world data. Methods: Annual fracture incidence, treatment scenarios as well as treatment initiation in the years 2017–2019 were collected from a large secondary care hospital in the Netherlands. An individual-level, state transition model was designed to simulate lifetime costs and quality-adjusted life years (QALYs). Treatment pathways were differentiated by gender, presence of osteoporosis and/or prevalent vertebral fracture, and treatment status. Results were presented as incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICER). Both one-way and probabilistic sensitivity analyses were conducted. Results: For patients with a recent fracture aged 50 years and older, the presence of an FLS was associated with a lifetime €45 higher cost and 0.11 additional QALY gained leading to an ICER of €409 per QALY gained, indicating FLS was cost-effective compared to no-FLS at the Dutch threshold of €20,000/QALY. The FLS remained cost-effectiveness across different age categories. Our findings were robust in all one-way sensitivity analyses, the higher the treatment initiation rate in FLS, the greater the cost-effective of FLS. Probabilistic sensitivity analyses revealed that FLS was cost-effective in 90% of the simulations at the threshold of €20,000/QALY, with women 92% versus men 84% by gender. Conclusion: This study provides the first health-economic analysis of FLS in the Netherlands, suggesting the implementation of FLS could lead to lifetime health-economic benefits.