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Original Article
A Cost Benefit Analysis of Individual Home Visiting Health Care
Jinhyun Kim, Taejin Lee, Jinhee Lee, Sangjin Shin, Eunhee Lee
Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing 2014;21(3):362-373.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2010.21.3.362
Published online: April 4, 2014

1Associate Professor, College of Nursing, The Research Institute of Nursing Science, Seoul National University, Korea.

2Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Korea.

3Researcher, Health Insurance Review Agency, Korea.

4Researcher, National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaborating Agency, Korea.

5Doctoral Student, College of Nursing, Seoul National University, Korea.

• Received: August 2, 2010   • Revised: September 20, 2010   • Accepted: September 27, 2010

© 2013 Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing

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  • Purpose
    The purpose of this study is to evaluate the costs and benefits of individual home visiting health care using secondary data and literature review.
  • Methods
    The total number of subjects was 1,008,837. A specific program was classified into disease management, care of infant, child and women, or elderly care. The costs and effects of a program were identified from a societal perspective, and the effects were converted into monetary terms or benefits. The total cost was calculated in the way that medical expenses, travel costs and productivity losses were offset by the decrease in benefits and thus only the program budget was included in the total cost.
  • Results
    The total program cost was 47.6 billion won per year and the total annual benefit was estimated at 435.6 billion won. The benefits of arthritis management were the biggest among disease management programs. The net benefit was 388.0 billion won per year and the benefit/cost ratio was 9.16.
  • Conclusion
    Home visiting health care was validated to be economically effective. It made a positive contribution to improving the health status of vulnerable populations and reducing medical expenses. These results suggest that home visiting care should be extended more broadly to vulnerable populations.
Figure 1
Framework.
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Table 1
General Characteristics of Subject in Individual Home Visiting Health Care (N=1,008,837)
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Multiple registration.

Table 2
Cost of the Individual Home Visiting Health Care in 2007
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Table 3
Benefit of the Individual Home Visiting Health Care in 2007
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SME=savings in medical expense; PC=prevention of complication; STC=savings in travel cost; SPL=savings in productivity loss; DM=diabetes mellitus; CD=cerebrovascular disease; UI=urinary incontinence.

50% reduction of admission days or outpatient days was assumed; It was assumed that the utilization rate of individual home visiting care is 25%.

Table 4
Cost-benefit Analysis and Sensitivity Analysis
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This indicates the results of the individual home visiting health care program is provided for the patients with hypertension and diabetes mellitus.

This research was funded by Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs in 2008.

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