The pediatric asthma intervention: a comprehensive cost-effective approach to asthma management in a disadvantaged inner-city community.

نویسندگان

  • Paula Karnick
  • Helen Margellos-Anast
  • Gloria Seals
  • Steve Whitman
  • Gabriel Aljadeff
  • Daniel Johnson
چکیده

OBJECTIVE To compare three pediatric asthma interventions for their impact on improving the health status of inner-city asthmatic children and in achieving cost savings. STUDY DESIGN A total of 212 children 1 to 16 years of age were randomized into three groups: group 1 (n = 74) received one individualized asthma education session; group 2 (n = 68) received reinforced asthma education; group 3 (n = 70) received reinforced asthma education plus case management. Asthma-related health resource utilization and cost were primary outcomes. The cost-benefit analysis sought to estimate the expected cost savings to the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (Medicaid administrator) associated with the intervention. RESULTS Participants in all three groups used significantly fewer emergency health care services in the follow-up year. Averaged across all three groups, the magnitudes of declines were substantial: 81% for hospitalizations, 69% for hospital days, 64% for emergency department visits, and 58% for clinic visits. Although there were no statistically significant differences between study groups for three of the four main outcome measures, group 3 participants consistently improved to the greatest degree. All three interventions were associated with considerable cost savings ranging from $4,021/child/year for group 1 to $4,503/child/year for group 3. CONCLUSION Asthma education with or without case management services enhances the health of children with asthma thereby reducing associated costs.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma

دوره 44 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2007