Guidelines for the economic analysis of a telematic platform for Parkinson's disease monitoring

Cancela, Jorge; Arredondo, María Teresa; Hurtado, Olivia

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“…Unlike the control subjects, the patients with PD did not show any correlation between ankle generation (push-off) power and stride length (r=. 19) …”

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“…Accordingly, it may limit future development iterations and the actual deployment in the clinical practice. Part of this chapter has been published on Cancela et al 2015 "Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to understand the most important factors to design and evaluate a telehealth system for Parkinson's disease" on the Journal BMC medical informatics and decision making [567] as well as in the proceedings of a few international conferences [18], [19].…”

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“…an individual hospital, insurance company, societal, healthcare system, third-party or government [19], [291], [583]. For example, the societal perspective implies that all costs, whether incurred by individuals, employers, or government, should be taken into account.…”

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“…Other consumer-directed sites include MedHelp 18 which, in addition to being a social network, offers a number of tracking tools for pain, weight and other chronic conditions; CureTogether 19 , which helps people anonymously track and compare health data to better understand their bodies, make more informed treatment decisions and contribute data to research; DailyStrength 20 , which allows patients and caregivers to give and receive support; Inspire, which hosts different communities, some of which are co-sponsored by non-profit foundations, to educate and offer support [125]. HealtheTreatment 21 for sharing patient experiences and ratings for chronic disease.…”

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“…A similar approach is considered when the age variable is included in the economic analysis where an age-weighting modulation factor (K) is usually applied. The age-weighting modulation factor quantifies the perception that a year of healthy life has greater social value during early adulthood (K = 1) than during earlier or later life (K = 0 when healthy life values equally) [19], [582].…”

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A holistic approach to assess the feasability of telehealth for Parkinson's disease management

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“…Unlike the control subjects, the patients with PD did not show any correlation between ankle generation (push-off) power and stride length (r=. 19) …”

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A holistic approach to assess the feasability of telehealth for Parkinson's disease management

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Hierarchy Definition for the Evaluation of a Telehealth System for Parkinson’s Disease Management

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Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to understand the most important factors to design and evaluate a telehealth system for Parkinson's disease

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BackgroundThe assessment of a new health technology is a multidisciplinary and multidimensional process, which requires a complex analysis and the convergence of different stakeholders into a common decision. This task is even more delicate when the assessment is carried out in early stage of development processes, when the maturity of the technology prevents conducting a large scale trials to evaluate the cost effectiveness through classic health economics methods. This lack of information may limit the future development and deployment in the clinical practice. This work aims to 1) identify the most relevant user needs of a new medical technology for managing and monitoring Parkinson's Disease (PD) patients and to 2) use these user needs for a preliminary assessment of a specific system called PERFORM, as a case study.MethodsAnalytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) was used to design a hierarchy of 17 needs, grouped into 5 categories. A total of 16 experts, 6 of them with a clinical background and the remaining 10 with a technical background, were asked to rank these needs and categories.ResultsOn/Off fluctuations detection, Increase wearability acceptance, and Increase self-management support have been identified as the most relevant user needs. No significant differences were found between the clinician and technical groups. These results have been used to evaluate the PERFORM system and to identify future areas of improvement.ConclusionsFirst of all, the AHP contributed to the elaboration of a unified hierarchy, integrating the needs of a variety of stakeholders, promoting the discussion and the agreement into a common framework of evaluation. Moreover, the AHP effectively supported the user need elicitation as well as the assignment of different weights and priorities to each need and, consequently, it helped to define a framework for the assessment of telehealth systems for PD management and monitoring. This framework can be used to support the decision-making process for the adoption of new technologies in PD.

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Guidelines for the economic analysis of a telematic platform for Parkinson's disease monitoring

Cited by 6 publications

References 34 publications

A holistic approach to assess the feasability of telehealth for Parkinson's disease management

A holistic approach to assess the feasability of telehealth for Parkinson's disease management

Hierarchy Definition for the Evaluation of a Telehealth System for Parkinson’s Disease Management

Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to understand the most important factors to design and evaluate a telehealth system for Parkinson's disease

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