Economic evaluation in chronic pain: a systematic review and de novo flexible economic model.

There is unmet need in patients suffering from chronic pain, yet innovation may be impeded by the difficulty of justifying economic value in a field beset by data limitations and methodological variability. A systematic review was conducted to identify and summarise the key areas of variability and...

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Publicado en:European Journal of Health Economics Vol. 17; no. 6; pp. 755 - 771
Autores principales: Sullivan, W., Hirst, M., Beard, S., Gladwell, D., Fagnani, F., López Bastida, J., Phillips, C., Dunlop, W., López Bastida, J, Dunlop, W C N
Formato: research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature Jul2016
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          Sullivan, W.
          Hirst, M.
          Beard, S.
          Gladwell, D.
          Fagnani, F.
          López Bastida, J.
          Phillips, C.
          Dunlop, W.
          López Bastida, J
          Dunlop, W C N
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          Chronic Pain Economics
          Cost Benefit Analysis
          Human
          Analgesics Adverse Effects
          Quality-Adjusted Life Years
          Analgesics Economics
          Narcotics Therapeutic Use
          Models, Statistical
          Narcotics Adverse Effects
          Analgesics Therapeutic Use
          Chronic Pain Therapy
          Narcotics Economics
          Systematic Review
      ab: There is unmet need in patients suffering from chronic pain, yet innovation may be impeded by the difficulty of justifying economic value in a field beset by data limitations and methodological variability. A systematic review was conducted to identify and summarise the key areas of variability and limitations in modelling approaches in the economic evaluation of treatments for chronic pain. The results of the literature review were then used to support the development of a fully flexible open-source economic model structure, designed to test structural and data assumptions and act as a reference for future modelling practice. The key model design themes identified from the systematic review included: time horizon; titration and stabilisation; number of treatment lines; choice/ordering of treatment; and the impact of parameter uncertainty (given reliance on expert opinion). Exploratory analyses using the model to compare a hypothetical novel therapy versus morphine as first-line treatments showed cost-effectiveness results to be sensitive to structural and data assumptions. Assumptions about the treatment pathway and choice of time horizon were key model drivers. Our results suggest structural model design and data assumptions may have driven previous cost-effectiveness results and ultimately decisions based on economic value. We therefore conclude that it is vital that future economic models in chronic pain are designed to be fully transparent and hope our open-source code is useful in order to aspire to a common approach to modelling pain that includes robust sensitivity analyses to test structural and parameter uncertainty.
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