Cost-effectiveness of a programme to detect and provide better care for female victims of intimate partner violence.
- Publication Type:
- Journal Article
- Citation:
- J Health Serv Res Policy, 2010, 15 (3), pp. 143 - 149
- Issue Date:
- 2010-07
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OBJECTIVE: Primary care clinicians often fail to detect women who are victims of intimate partner violence (IPV). Our aim was to investigate the cost-effectiveness of a programme in primary care to detect and support such women. METHODS: We developed a Markov model to estimate the cost-effectiveness of education and support for primary care clinicians to increase their identification of survivors of IPV and to refer them to a specialist advocacy agency or a psychologist with specialist skills. The programme was implemented in three general practices in the United Kingdom (with an additional practice acting as a control) and provided cost data and rates of identification and referral. Other cost data and the effectiveness of IPV advocacy came from published sources. RESULTS: The model gave an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) of approximately pounds sterling 2,450 per quality adjusted life year (QALY). Although the ratio increased in some of the sensitivity analyses, most were under a conventional willingness to pay threshold (pounds sterling 30,000/QALY). CONCLUSIONS: While there is considerable uncertainty in the underlying parameters, a training programme for primary care teams to increase identification and referral of women experiencing IPV is likely to be cost-effective.
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