TY - JOUR
T1 - A reference case for economic evaluations in osteoarthritis
T2 - An expert consensus article from the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (ESCEO)
AU - Hiligsmann, Mickaël
AU - Cooper, Cyrus
AU - Guillemin, Francis
AU - Hochberg, Marc C.
AU - Tugwell, Peter
AU - Arden, Nigel
AU - Berenbaum, Francis
AU - Boers, Maarten
AU - Boonen, Annelies
AU - Branco, Jaime C.
AU - Maria-Luisa, Brandi
AU - Bruyère, Olivier
AU - Gasparik, Andrea
AU - Kanis, John A.
AU - Kvien, Tore K.
AU - Martel-Pelletier, Johanne
AU - Pelletier, Jean Pierre
AU - Pinedo-Villanueva, Rafael
AU - Pinto, Daniel
AU - Reiter-Niesert, Susanne
AU - Rizzoli, René
AU - Rovati, Lucio C.
AU - Severens, Johan L.
AU - Silverman, Stuart
AU - Reginster, Jean Yves
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 The Authors.
PY - 2014/12/1
Y1 - 2014/12/1
N2 - Background: General recommendations for a reference case for economic studies in rheumatic diseases were published in 2002 in an initiative to improve the comparability of cost-effectiveness studies in the field. Since then, economic evaluations in osteoarthritis (OA) continue to show considerable heterogeneity in methodological approach. Objectives: To develop a reference case specific for economic studies in OA, including the standard optimal care, with which to judge new pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions. Methods: Four subgroups of an ESCEO expert working group on economic assessments (13 experts representing diverse aspects of clinical research and/or economic evaluations) were charged with producing lists of recommendations that would potentially improve the comparability of economic analyses in OA: outcome measures, comparators, costs and methodology. These proposals were discussed and refined during a face-to-face meeting in 2013. They are presented here in the format of the recommendations of the recently published Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards (CHEERS) statement, so that an initiative on economic analysis methodology might be consolidated with an initiative on reporting standards. Results: Overall, three distinct reference cases are proposed, one for each hand, knee and hip OA; with diagnostic variations in the first two, giving rise to different treatment options: interphalangeal or thumb-based disease for hand OA and the presence or absence of joint malalignment for knee OA. A set of management strategies is proposed, which should be further evaluated to help establish a consensus on the "standard optimal care" in each proposed reference case. The recommendations on outcome measures, cost itemisation and methodological approaches are also provided. Conclusions: The ESCEO group proposes a set of disease-specific recommendations on the conduct and reporting of economic evaluations in OA that could help the standardisation and comparability of studies that evaluate therapeutic strategies of OA in terms of costs and effectiveness.
AB - Background: General recommendations for a reference case for economic studies in rheumatic diseases were published in 2002 in an initiative to improve the comparability of cost-effectiveness studies in the field. Since then, economic evaluations in osteoarthritis (OA) continue to show considerable heterogeneity in methodological approach. Objectives: To develop a reference case specific for economic studies in OA, including the standard optimal care, with which to judge new pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions. Methods: Four subgroups of an ESCEO expert working group on economic assessments (13 experts representing diverse aspects of clinical research and/or economic evaluations) were charged with producing lists of recommendations that would potentially improve the comparability of economic analyses in OA: outcome measures, comparators, costs and methodology. These proposals were discussed and refined during a face-to-face meeting in 2013. They are presented here in the format of the recommendations of the recently published Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards (CHEERS) statement, so that an initiative on economic analysis methodology might be consolidated with an initiative on reporting standards. Results: Overall, three distinct reference cases are proposed, one for each hand, knee and hip OA; with diagnostic variations in the first two, giving rise to different treatment options: interphalangeal or thumb-based disease for hand OA and the presence or absence of joint malalignment for knee OA. A set of management strategies is proposed, which should be further evaluated to help establish a consensus on the "standard optimal care" in each proposed reference case. The recommendations on outcome measures, cost itemisation and methodological approaches are also provided. Conclusions: The ESCEO group proposes a set of disease-specific recommendations on the conduct and reporting of economic evaluations in OA that could help the standardisation and comparability of studies that evaluate therapeutic strategies of OA in terms of costs and effectiveness.
KW - Comparative effectiveness
KW - Cost-effectiveness analysis
KW - Cost-utility analysis
KW - Economics
KW - Hand
KW - Hip
KW - Knee
KW - Methods
KW - Osteoarthritis
KW - Outcome assessment
KW - Reference case
KW - Rheumatic disease
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84919675983&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2014.06.005
DO - 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2014.06.005
M3 - Review article
C2 - 25086470
AN - SCOPUS:84919675983
SN - 0049-0172
VL - 44
SP - 271
EP - 282
JO - Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism
JF - Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism
IS - 3
ER -