Delirium cost-effectiveness of therapy
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Vishal Khurana, M.B.B.S., M.D. [2]; Pratik Bahekar, MBBS [3]
Overview
Delirium worsen prognosis of an illness and results in more health care costs. Focus should be on prevention and early identification of delirium.
Cost-Effectiveness of Therapy
In the USA, the cost of a patient admission with delirium is estimated at between $16k and $64k, suggesting the national burden of delirium may range from $38 bn to $150 bn per year (2008 estimate).[1] In the UK, the cost is estimated as £13k per admission.[2]
Delirium results in,
- Increased health care costs
- Higher incidence of death[3]
- Rise in the duration of the hospital stay by an average of eight days
- Worse physical and cognitive recovery in 6 - 12 months with increased time in institutional care
- One third patient do not achieve complete recovery from delirium, and they tend to have worse prognosis
- Patients may have recollections of the event that they find unpleasant and disturbing.[4]
References
- ↑ Leslie, DL (Jan 14, 2008). "One-year health care costs associated with delirium in the elderly population". Archives of Internal Medicine. 168 (1): 27–32. doi:10.1001/archinternmed.2007.4. PMID 18195192. Unknown parameter
|coauthors=ignored (help) - ↑ Akunne, A (May 2012). "Cost-effectiveness of multi-component interventions to prevent delirium in older people admitted to medical wards". Age and ageing. 41 (3): 285–91. doi:10.1093/ageing/afr147. PMID 22282171. Unknown parameter
|coauthors=ignored (help) - ↑ "What are the opportunities f... [J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2012] - PubMed - NCBI".
- ↑ "Delirium in elderly people. [Lancet. 2013] - PubMed - NCBI". Text " accessdate " ignored (help)