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- Title
Economic Evaluation of a Multifaceted Implementation Strategy for the Prevention of Hand Eczema Among Healthcare Workers in Comparison with a Control Group: The Hands4U Study.
- Authors
VAN DER MEER, Esther W. C.; VAN DONGEN, Johanna M.; BOOT, Cécile R. L.; VAN DER GULDEN, Joost W. J.; BOSMANS, Judith E.; ANEMA, Johannes R.
- Abstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a multifaceted implementation strategy for the prevention of hand eczema in comparison with a control group among healthcare workers. A total of 48 departments (n = 1,649) were randomly allocated to the implementation strategy or the control group. Data on hand eczema and costs were collected at baseline and every 3 months. Cost-effectiveness analyses were performed using linear multilevel analyses. The probability of the implementation strategy being cost-effective gradually increased with an increasing willingness-to-pay, to 0.84 at a ceiling ratio of €590,000 per person with hand eczema prevented (societal perspective). The implementation strategy appeared to be not cost-effective in comparison with the control group (societal perspective), nor was it cost-beneficial to the employer. However, this study had some methodological problems which should be taken into account when interpreting the results.
- Subjects
ECZEMA; HAND diseases; MEDICAL personnel; COST effectiveness; CONTROL groups; WILLINGNESS to pay; PREVENTION; DISEASES
- Publication
Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2016, Vol 96, Issue 4, p499
- ISSN
0001-5555
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2340/00015555-2287