Cost-Effectiveness of a Programme to Detect and Provide Better Care for Female Victims of Intimate Partner Violence
dc.contributor.author | Norman, Richard | |
dc.contributor.author | Spencer, A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Eldridge, S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Feder, G. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-30T12:19:22Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-01-30T12:19:22Z | |
dc.date.created | 2015-07-16T06:21:52Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Norman, R. and Spencer, A. and Eldridge, S. and Feder, G. 2010. Cost-Effectiveness of a Programme to Detect and Provide Better Care for Female Victims of Intimate Partner Violence. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy. 15 (3): pp. 143-149. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20452 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1258/jhsrp.2009.009032 | |
dc.description.abstract |
Objective: Primary care clinicians often fail to detect women who are victims of intimate partner violence (IPV). Our aim was to investigate the cost-effectiveness of a programme in primary care to detect and support such women. Methods: We developed a Markov model to estimate the cost-effectiveness of education and support for primary care clinicians to increase their identification of survivors of IPV and to refer them to a specialist advocacy agency or a psychologist with specialist skills. The programme was implemented in three general practices in the United Kingdom (with an additional practice acting as a control) and provided cost data and rates of identification and referral. Other cost data and the effectiveness of IPV advocacy came from published sources. Results: The model gave an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) of approximately £2,450 per quality adjusted life year (QALY). Although the ratio increased in some of the sensitivity analyses, most were under a conventional willingness to pay threshold (£30,000/QALY).Conclusions: While there is considerable uncertainty in the underlying parameters, a training programme for primary care teams to increase identification and referral of women experiencing IPV is likely to be cost effective. | |
dc.publisher | Sage Publications Ltd. | |
dc.title | Cost-Effectiveness of a Programme to Detect and Provide Better Care for Female Victims of Intimate Partner Violence | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dcterms.source.volume | 15 | |
dcterms.source.number | 3 | |
dcterms.source.startPage | 143 | |
dcterms.source.endPage | 149 | |
dcterms.source.issn | 13558196 | |
dcterms.source.title | Journal of Health Services & Research Policy | |
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