DSL-006 Cost Analysis of Adult Parenteral Nutrition Systems: Three-Compartment Bag Versus Customised

  • Berlana D
  • Sabin P
  • Rius J
  • et al.
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Cost analysis of adult parenteral nutrition systems; three compartment bag versus customized ANÁLISIS DE COSTES DE LOS SISTEMAS DE NUTRICIÓN PARENTAL; BOLSA TRICOMPARTIMENTAL VERSUS INDIVIDUALIZADA Resumen Antecedentes: La nutrición parenteral (NP) es una tec-nología costosa que se usa ampliamente para proporcio-nar nutrición a los pacientes que tienen un intestino inac-cesible o no funcional. Los dos sistemas todo en uno que se utilizan en la actualidad son las formulaciones individua-lizadas y las bolsas tri-compartimentales. Objetivo: Proporcionar una comparación de costes sis-temática entre los dos sistemas todo en uno: los sistemas individualizados (preparados a partir de soluciones de nutrientes) frente a los comerciales (hechos a partir de una bolsa tri-compartimental). Contexto: Este estudio se realizó en tres hospitales públicos españoles. Método: Realizamos un estudio de minimización de costes para analizar prospectivamente el coste total de las bolsas de NP, considerando todos los procesos implicados en la preparación y suministro de las bolsas (coste de personal , soluciones de nutrición, material fungible y contro-les de calidad) en tres centros hospitalarios distintos. Para comparar alternativas terapéuticas de valor nutricional equivalente, el estudio se realizó con la formulación que se empleaba con mayor frecuencia y similar a los prepara-dos comerciales. Se realizó un análisis de sensibilidad uni-variaante para evaluar el impacto de las diferentes tasas de uso de la bolsa de NP tri-compartimental. Resultados: Se analizaron 157 elaboraciones de bolsas de NP (65 individualizada y 92 tri-compartimentales) programadas durante 9 días. Los costes totales de las 157 bolsas de NP se incluyeron en el estudio. Los costes medios de las bolsas individualizadas fueron superiores a los costes de las bolsas tri-compartimentales, 51,16 ± 5,63 € frente a 39,69 ± 3,00 €, respectivamente (p < 0,01). Los costes de personal fueron los responsables de la mayor parte de las diferencias encontradas (70%). El tiempo para completar una bolsa de formulación individualizada fue en promedio 25,9 minutos superior que para el sis-tema tri-compartimental. En los supuestos en que se utili-zase el sistema tri-compartimental un 30%, 70% y 90% del total de NP, se producirían unos ahorros del 4,3%, 10,1% y 12,9%, respectivamente. Con mayores tasas de cambio (70% y 90%), en un hospital con 1.800 bolsas de NP/año, se podría obtener un ahorro en el presupuesto Abstract Background: Parenteral nutrition (PN) is a costly technology used widely to provide nutrition to patients who have an inaccessible or non-functioning intestine. Two all-in-one systems currently being used are customized formulations and three-compartment bags. Objective: To provide a systematic cost comparison of the two all-in-one PN systems: individualized (made from nutrient solutions) versus commercialized (made from three-compartment bag), both prepared in hospital pharmacies. Setting: This study was conducted in three public Spanish hospitals. Method: We conducted a cost-minimization study to analyze prospectively the total cost of PN bags, accounting for all of the processes involved in preparing and delivering PN bags (cost of manpower, nutrition solutions , medical supplies and quality controls) in three different healthcare settings. To compare therapeutic alternatives of equivalent nutritional value, the study was performed for the most frequently employed formulation and similar to commercial preparations. A univariate sensitivity analysis was performed to evaluate the impact of different rates of use of three-compartment PN bag. Results: 157 routine acts of PN bag preparation (65 customized and 92 three-compartment) were observed and timed over 9 days. Total costs of the 157 PN bags were included in the study. Mean costs of customized bags were higher than three-compartment bags, 51.16 ± 5.63 € versus 39.69 ± 3.00 € respectively (p < 0.01). Manpower costs were responsible for the majority of the differences found (70%). The time to complete an adult bag for the hospital compounded system was a mean of 25.9 minutes longer than the three-compartment system. In scenarios using a three-compartment system for 30%, 70% and 90% of PN provision, a cost savings of 4.3%, 10.1% and 12.9% respectively could be achieved. Greatest rates of changing from customized bags (70% and 90%), in a hospital with 1,800 PN bags/year, might reduce the annual budget by 9306 € and 11,964.8 €, respectively.

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Berlana, D., Sabin, P., Rius, J., Llop, E., Romero, R., Marquez, E., … Martinez, J. (2013). DSL-006 Cost Analysis of Adult Parenteral Nutrition Systems: Three-Compartment Bag Versus Customised. European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy, 20(Suppl 1), A89.2-A89. https://doi.org/10.1136/ejhpharm-2013-000276.249

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