Alternative community-based models of care for young people with anorexia nervosa: the CostED national surveillance study
Background: Evidence suggests that investing in specialist eating disorders services for young people with anorexia nervosa could have important implications for the NHS, with the potential to improve health outcomes and reduce costs through reductions in the number and length of hospital admissions...
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| author | Sarah Byford Hristina Petkova Ruth Stuart Dasha Nicholls Mima Simic Tamsin Ford Geraldine Macdonald Simon Gowers Sarah Roberts Barbara Barrett Jonathan Kelly Grace Kelly Nuala Livingstone Kandarp Joshi Helen Smith Ivan Eisler |
| author_facet | Sarah Byford Hristina Petkova Ruth Stuart Dasha Nicholls Mima Simic Tamsin Ford Geraldine Macdonald Simon Gowers Sarah Roberts Barbara Barrett Jonathan Kelly Grace Kelly Nuala Livingstone Kandarp Joshi Helen Smith Ivan Eisler |
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| description | Background: Evidence suggests that investing in specialist eating disorders services for young people with anorexia nervosa could have important implications for the NHS, with the potential to improve health outcomes and reduce costs through reductions in the number and length of hospital admissions. Objectives: The primary objectives were to evaluate the costs and cost-effectiveness of alternative community-based models of service provision for young people with anorexia nervosa and to model the impact of potential changes to the provision of specialist services. Design: Observational surveillance study using the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Surveillance System. Setting: Community-based secondary or tertiary child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. Participants: A total of 298 young people aged 8–17 years in contact with CAMHS for a first episode of anorexia nervosa in accordance with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, diagnostic criteria. Interventions: Community-based specialist eating disorders services and generic CAMHS. Main outcome measures: Children’s Global Assessment Scale (CGAS) score (primary outcome) and percentage of median expected body mass index (BMI) for age and sex (%mBMI) (secondary outcome) were assessed at baseline and at 6 and 12 months. Data sources: Data were collected by clinicians from clinical records. Results: Total costs incurred by young people initially assessed in specialist eating disorders services were not significantly different from those incurred by young people initially assessed in generic CAMHS. However, adjustment for baseline covariates resulted in observed differences favouring specialist services (costs were lower, on average) because of the significantly poorer clinical status of the specialist group at baseline. At the 6-month follow-up, mean %mBMI was significantly higher in the specialist group, but no other significant differences in outcomes were evident. Cost-effectiveness analyses suggest that initial assessment in a specialist service has a higher probability of being cost-effective than initial assessment in generic CAMHS, as determined by CGAS score and %mBMI. However, no firm conclusion can be drawn without knowledge of society’s willingness to pay for improvements in these outcomes. Decision modelling did not support the hypothesis that changes to the provision of specialist services would generate savings for the NHS, with results suggesting that cost per 10-point improvement in CGAS score (improvement from one CGAS category to the next) varies little as the percentage of participants taking the specialist or generic pathway is varied. Limitations: Follow-up rates were lower than expected, but the sample was still larger than has been achieved to date in RCTs carried out in this population in the UK, and an exploration of the impact of missing cost and outcome data produced very similar results to those of the main analyses. Conclusions: The results of this study suggest that initial assessment in a specialist eating disorders service for young people with anorexia nervosa may have a higher probability of being cost-effective than initial assessment in generic CAMHS, although the associated uncertainty makes it hard to draw firm conclusions. Although costs and outcomes were similar, young people in specialist services were more severely ill at baseline, suggesting that specialist services were achieving larger clinical effectiveness gains without the need for additional expenditure. The results did not suggest that providing more specialist services would save money for the NHS, given similar costs and outcomes, so decisions about which service type to fund could be made with reference to other factors, such as the preferences of patients and carers. Future work: Data on measures of quality of life capable of generating quality-adjusted life-years are needed to confirm the cost-effectiveness of specialist services. Trial registration: Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN12676087. Funding: This project was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Services and Delivery Research programme and will be published in full in Health Services and Delivery Research; Vol. 7, No. 37. See the NIHR Journals Library website for further project information. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b09902329c474ee4ab00c6e1d1071de52022-12-21T21:18:44ZengNational Institute for Health ResearchHealth Services and Delivery Research2050-43492050-43572019-10-0173710.3310/hsdr0737011/1023/17Alternative community-based models of care for young people with anorexia nervosa: the CostED national surveillance studySarah Byford0Hristina Petkova1Ruth Stuart2Dasha Nicholls3Mima Simic4Tamsin Ford5Geraldine Macdonald6Simon Gowers7Sarah Roberts8Barbara Barrett9Jonathan Kelly10Grace Kelly11Nuala Livingstone12Kandarp Joshi13Helen Smith14Ivan Eisler15Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UKHealth Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UKHealth Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UKDepartment of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UKSouth London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UKInstitute of Health Research, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, UKSchool for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, Bristol, UKUniversity of Liverpool, Liverpool, UKHealth Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UKHealth Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UKBeat, Norwich, UKSchool of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UKSchool of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UKChild and Adolescent Mental Health Service, Royal Cornhill Hospital, NHS Grampian, Aberdeen, UKNHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, UKHealth Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UKBackground: Evidence suggests that investing in specialist eating disorders services for young people with anorexia nervosa could have important implications for the NHS, with the potential to improve health outcomes and reduce costs through reductions in the number and length of hospital admissions. Objectives: The primary objectives were to evaluate the costs and cost-effectiveness of alternative community-based models of service provision for young people with anorexia nervosa and to model the impact of potential changes to the provision of specialist services. Design: Observational surveillance study using the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Surveillance System. Setting: Community-based secondary or tertiary child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. Participants: A total of 298 young people aged 8–17 years in contact with CAMHS for a first episode of anorexia nervosa in accordance with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, diagnostic criteria. Interventions: Community-based specialist eating disorders services and generic CAMHS. Main outcome measures: Children’s Global Assessment Scale (CGAS) score (primary outcome) and percentage of median expected body mass index (BMI) for age and sex (%mBMI) (secondary outcome) were assessed at baseline and at 6 and 12 months. Data sources: Data were collected by clinicians from clinical records. Results: Total costs incurred by young people initially assessed in specialist eating disorders services were not significantly different from those incurred by young people initially assessed in generic CAMHS. However, adjustment for baseline covariates resulted in observed differences favouring specialist services (costs were lower, on average) because of the significantly poorer clinical status of the specialist group at baseline. At the 6-month follow-up, mean %mBMI was significantly higher in the specialist group, but no other significant differences in outcomes were evident. Cost-effectiveness analyses suggest that initial assessment in a specialist service has a higher probability of being cost-effective than initial assessment in generic CAMHS, as determined by CGAS score and %mBMI. However, no firm conclusion can be drawn without knowledge of society’s willingness to pay for improvements in these outcomes. Decision modelling did not support the hypothesis that changes to the provision of specialist services would generate savings for the NHS, with results suggesting that cost per 10-point improvement in CGAS score (improvement from one CGAS category to the next) varies little as the percentage of participants taking the specialist or generic pathway is varied. Limitations: Follow-up rates were lower than expected, but the sample was still larger than has been achieved to date in RCTs carried out in this population in the UK, and an exploration of the impact of missing cost and outcome data produced very similar results to those of the main analyses. Conclusions: The results of this study suggest that initial assessment in a specialist eating disorders service for young people with anorexia nervosa may have a higher probability of being cost-effective than initial assessment in generic CAMHS, although the associated uncertainty makes it hard to draw firm conclusions. Although costs and outcomes were similar, young people in specialist services were more severely ill at baseline, suggesting that specialist services were achieving larger clinical effectiveness gains without the need for additional expenditure. The results did not suggest that providing more specialist services would save money for the NHS, given similar costs and outcomes, so decisions about which service type to fund could be made with reference to other factors, such as the preferences of patients and carers. Future work: Data on measures of quality of life capable of generating quality-adjusted life-years are needed to confirm the cost-effectiveness of specialist services. Trial registration: Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN12676087. Funding: This project was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Services and Delivery Research programme and will be published in full in Health Services and Delivery Research; Vol. 7, No. 37. See the NIHR Journals Library website for further project information.https://doi.org/10.3310/hsdr07370anorexia nervosaeating disorderseconomic evaluationcost-effectiveness analysiscapss |
| spellingShingle | Sarah Byford Hristina Petkova Ruth Stuart Dasha Nicholls Mima Simic Tamsin Ford Geraldine Macdonald Simon Gowers Sarah Roberts Barbara Barrett Jonathan Kelly Grace Kelly Nuala Livingstone Kandarp Joshi Helen Smith Ivan Eisler Alternative community-based models of care for young people with anorexia nervosa: the CostED national surveillance study Health Services and Delivery Research anorexia nervosa eating disorders economic evaluation cost-effectiveness analysis capss |
| title | Alternative community-based models of care for young people with anorexia nervosa: the CostED national surveillance study |
| title_full | Alternative community-based models of care for young people with anorexia nervosa: the CostED national surveillance study |
| title_fullStr | Alternative community-based models of care for young people with anorexia nervosa: the CostED national surveillance study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Alternative community-based models of care for young people with anorexia nervosa: the CostED national surveillance study |
| title_short | Alternative community-based models of care for young people with anorexia nervosa: the CostED national surveillance study |
| title_sort | alternative community based models of care for young people with anorexia nervosa the costed national surveillance study |
| topic | anorexia nervosa eating disorders economic evaluation cost-effectiveness analysis capss |
| url | https://doi.org/10.3310/hsdr07370 |
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