1. Economic evaluation of home medication review by community pharmacists (HMR-CP) for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)
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David Bin-Chia Wu, Mahmathi Karuppannan, Mohd Rozaini Rosli, and Chin Fen Neoh
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Medication review ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Cost-Benefit Analysis ,030503 health policy & services ,Health Policy ,Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus ,Pharmacy ,Pharmacists ,medicine.disease ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Diabetes mellitus ,Cost utility ,Family medicine ,Economic evaluation ,Quality of Life ,medicine ,Humans ,Quality-Adjusted Life Years ,0305 other medical science ,business - Abstract
Home medication review (HMR) programs could minimise patients' health-related costs and burdens, thereby enhancing the quality of life and well-being. The aim of this economic evaluation is to determine if home medication review by community pharmacists (HMR-CP) for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a cost-effective intervention from the Malaysian healthcare provider perspective.The economic evaluation was conducted alongside the randomised controlled trial (RCT) to estimate the intermediate cost-effectiveness of HMR-CP for patients with T2DM. A Markov model was then constructed to project the lifetime cost-effectiveness data beyond the RCT. The primary outcomes for the economic evaluation were HbAThe intervention and health services costs throughout the 6-month HMR-CP trial were RM121.45 (USD28.64) [95%CI: RM115.89 to 127.08 (USD27.33-29.97)] per participant. At a 6-month follow-up, a significant reduction in HbAHMR-CP was a cost-effective intervention that had significantly reduced the HbA
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- 2021