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How to Cost the Implementation of Major System Change for Economic Evaluations: Case Study Using Reconfigurations of Specialist Cancer Surgery in Part of London, England

BACKGROUND: Studies have been published regarding the impact of major system change (MSC) on care quality and outcomes, but few evaluate implementation costs or include them in cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA). This is despite large potential costs of MSC: change planning, purchasing or repurposing...

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Autores principales: Clarke, Caroline S., Vindrola-Padros, Cecilia, Levermore, Claire, Ramsay, Angus I. G., Black, Georgia B., Pritchard-Jones, Kathy, Hines, John, Smith, Gillian, Bex, Axel, Mughal, Muntzer, Shackley, David, Melnychuk, Mariya, Morris, Steve, Fulop, Naomi J., Hunter, Rachael M.
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Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8547208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34009523
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40258-021-00660-6
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author Clarke, Caroline S.
Vindrola-Padros, Cecilia
Levermore, Claire
Ramsay, Angus I. G.
Black, Georgia B.
Pritchard-Jones, Kathy
Hines, John
Smith, Gillian
Bex, Axel
Mughal, Muntzer
Shackley, David
Melnychuk, Mariya
Morris, Steve
Fulop, Naomi J.
Hunter, Rachael M.
author_facet Clarke, Caroline S.
Vindrola-Padros, Cecilia
Levermore, Claire
Ramsay, Angus I. G.
Black, Georgia B.
Pritchard-Jones, Kathy
Hines, John
Smith, Gillian
Bex, Axel
Mughal, Muntzer
Shackley, David
Melnychuk, Mariya
Morris, Steve
Fulop, Naomi J.
Hunter, Rachael M.
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description BACKGROUND: Studies have been published regarding the impact of major system change (MSC) on care quality and outcomes, but few evaluate implementation costs or include them in cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA). This is despite large potential costs of MSC: change planning, purchasing or repurposing assets, and staff time. Implementation costs can influence implementation decisions. We describe our framework and principles for costing MSC implementation and illustrate them using a case study. METHODS: We outlined MSC implementation stages and identified components, using a framework conceived during our work on MSC in stroke services. We present a case study of MSC of specialist surgery services for prostate, bladder, renal and oesophagogastric cancers, focusing on North Central and North East London and West Essex. Health economists collaborated with qualitative researchers, clinicians and managers, identifying key reconfiguration stages and expenditures. Data sources (n = approximately 100) included meeting minutes, interviews, and business cases. National Health Service (NHS) finance and service managers and clinicians were consulted. Using bottom-up costing, items were identified, and unit costs based on salaries, asset costs and consultancy fees assigned. Itemised costs were adjusted and summed. RESULTS: Cost components included options appraisal, bidding process, external review; stakeholder engagement events; planning/monitoring boards/meetings; and making the change: new assets, facilities, posts. Other considerations included hospital tariff changes; costs to patients; patient population; and lifetime of changes. Using the framework facilitated data identification and collection. The total adjusted implementation cost was estimated at £7.2 million, broken down as replacing robots (£4.0 million), consultancy fees (£1.9 million), staff time costs (£1.1 million) and other costs (£0.2 million). CONCLUSIONS: These principles can be used by funders, service providers and commissioners planning MSC and researchers evaluating MSC. Health economists should be involved early, alongside qualitative and health-service colleagues, as retrospective capture risks information loss. These analyses are challenging; many cost factors are difficult to identify, access and measure, and assumptions regarding lifetime of the changes are important. Including implementation costs in CEA might make MSC appear less cost effective, influencing future decisions. Future work will incorporate this implementation cost into the full CEAs of the London Cancer MSC. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Not applicable.
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spelling pubmed-85472082021-10-29 How to Cost the Implementation of Major System Change for Economic Evaluations: Case Study Using Reconfigurations of Specialist Cancer Surgery in Part of London, England Clarke, Caroline S. Vindrola-Padros, Cecilia Levermore, Claire Ramsay, Angus I. G. Black, Georgia B. Pritchard-Jones, Kathy Hines, John Smith, Gillian Bex, Axel Mughal, Muntzer Shackley, David Melnychuk, Mariya Morris, Steve Fulop, Naomi J. Hunter, Rachael M. Appl Health Econ Health Policy Practical Application BACKGROUND: Studies have been published regarding the impact of major system change (MSC) on care quality and outcomes, but few evaluate implementation costs or include them in cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA). This is despite large potential costs of MSC: change planning, purchasing or repurposing assets, and staff time. Implementation costs can influence implementation decisions. We describe our framework and principles for costing MSC implementation and illustrate them using a case study. METHODS: We outlined MSC implementation stages and identified components, using a framework conceived during our work on MSC in stroke services. We present a case study of MSC of specialist surgery services for prostate, bladder, renal and oesophagogastric cancers, focusing on North Central and North East London and West Essex. Health economists collaborated with qualitative researchers, clinicians and managers, identifying key reconfiguration stages and expenditures. Data sources (n = approximately 100) included meeting minutes, interviews, and business cases. National Health Service (NHS) finance and service managers and clinicians were consulted. Using bottom-up costing, items were identified, and unit costs based on salaries, asset costs and consultancy fees assigned. Itemised costs were adjusted and summed. RESULTS: Cost components included options appraisal, bidding process, external review; stakeholder engagement events; planning/monitoring boards/meetings; and making the change: new assets, facilities, posts. Other considerations included hospital tariff changes; costs to patients; patient population; and lifetime of changes. Using the framework facilitated data identification and collection. The total adjusted implementation cost was estimated at £7.2 million, broken down as replacing robots (£4.0 million), consultancy fees (£1.9 million), staff time costs (£1.1 million) and other costs (£0.2 million). CONCLUSIONS: These principles can be used by funders, service providers and commissioners planning MSC and researchers evaluating MSC. Health economists should be involved early, alongside qualitative and health-service colleagues, as retrospective capture risks information loss. These analyses are challenging; many cost factors are difficult to identify, access and measure, and assumptions regarding lifetime of the changes are important. Including implementation costs in CEA might make MSC appear less cost effective, influencing future decisions. Future work will incorporate this implementation cost into the full CEAs of the London Cancer MSC. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Not applicable. Springer International Publishing 2021-05-19 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8547208/ /pubmed/34009523 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40258-021-00660-6 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, which permits any non-commercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) .
spellingShingle Practical Application
Clarke, Caroline S.
Vindrola-Padros, Cecilia
Levermore, Claire
Ramsay, Angus I. G.
Black, Georgia B.
Pritchard-Jones, Kathy
Hines, John
Smith, Gillian
Bex, Axel
Mughal, Muntzer
Shackley, David
Melnychuk, Mariya
Morris, Steve
Fulop, Naomi J.
Hunter, Rachael M.
How to Cost the Implementation of Major System Change for Economic Evaluations: Case Study Using Reconfigurations of Specialist Cancer Surgery in Part of London, England
title How to Cost the Implementation of Major System Change for Economic Evaluations: Case Study Using Reconfigurations of Specialist Cancer Surgery in Part of London, England
title_full How to Cost the Implementation of Major System Change for Economic Evaluations: Case Study Using Reconfigurations of Specialist Cancer Surgery in Part of London, England
title_fullStr How to Cost the Implementation of Major System Change for Economic Evaluations: Case Study Using Reconfigurations of Specialist Cancer Surgery in Part of London, England
title_full_unstemmed How to Cost the Implementation of Major System Change for Economic Evaluations: Case Study Using Reconfigurations of Specialist Cancer Surgery in Part of London, England
title_short How to Cost the Implementation of Major System Change for Economic Evaluations: Case Study Using Reconfigurations of Specialist Cancer Surgery in Part of London, England
title_sort how to cost the implementation of major system change for economic evaluations: case study using reconfigurations of specialist cancer surgery in part of london, england
topic Practical Application
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8547208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34009523
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40258-021-00660-6
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