TABLE 3.
Main results and outcomes of the eligible studies regarding cost analysis.
| References | Perspective | Time horizon and currency year | Discount rate | Comparator/ Intervention |
Total costs | Incremental costs |
| Bergner et al. (24) | Societal | 12 months Dollar ($) 1981 |
nr | Hospital care/Standard home care and specialized respiratory home care with physicians | 5,051 $/8,058 $ and 9,767 $ | nr |
| Shepperd et al. (25) | Societal and Patient | 3 months Pound (£) 1995 |
6%/year | Inpatient hospital care/Hospital home care | To social services: 3,292 £/2,516 £ To patients: 77 £/60 £ |
nr |
| Nicholson et al. (26) | Health services | nr Dollar ($) 2000 |
nr | Traditional hospital care/Integrated home care for acute COPD | Per episode: 2,543 $/745 $ | nr |
| Puig-Junoy et al. (27) | Public insurer | 12 months Euro (€) 2000 |
nr | Conventional hospitalization/Home hospitalization for COPD exacerbation | Per patient: 1,964 €/1,154 € |
nr/647 € |
| Aimonino et al. (28) | Patient | 6 months Dollar ($) 2005 |
Referring to the currency year | General medical ward/Geriatric home hospitalization for acute COPD | Per patient per day: 152 $/101 $ | nr |
| Bakerly et al. (18) | Patient | 6 months Pound (£) 2007 |
nr | Hospital treatment/Integrated care with home treatment for acute COPD | Per patient: 2,256 £/1,653 £ |
nr/600 £ |
| Goossens et al. (12) | Heath care and Societal | 3 months Euro (€) 2011 |
nr | Inpatient hospital treatment/Home treatment under early assisted discharge | Per day: 1,430 € / 976 € |
nr/454 € |
| Vilá et al. (29) | Health services | 6 months Euro (€) 2013 |
nr | Hospital Care/Home care program | Per person per day: 73 €/24 € |
nr |
| Brian Cassel et al. (30) | Health services | 18 months Dollar ($) 2014 |
nr | Clinic-based/Home-based palliative care | Per month: 5,859 $/1,697 $ | nr |
| Achelrod et al. (8) | Sickness fund | 12 months Euro (€) 2013 |
Referring to the currency year | Hospital standard care group/Home telemonitoring | 9,371 €/8,314 € | nr/177.7 € |
| Soriano et al. (31) | Health services | 12 months Euro (€) nr |
nr | Routine clinical practice/Telehealth | 8,918 €/7,912 € | nr |
| Widyastuti et al. (11) | Health services | 6 weeks Euro (€) 2017 |
nr | Standard supervised PA/Home pedometer assisted PA | 123.7 €/53.7 € | nr/76.3 € |
| Duiverman et al. (32) | Societal | 6 months Euro (€) 2017 |
nr | Hospital NIV/Home NIV with telemedicine | 8,537 €/3,768 € | nr |
| Jacobs et al. (9) | Health services | 1 month New Israeli Shekel (  )2018 |
nr | Hospital long-term care/Home PMV | 45,000/15,000
|
nr |
nr, not reported in the study; PA, physical activity; NIV, non-invasive ventilation; PMV, prolonged mechanical ventilation.