Objectives: To determine the outcome trajectories of patients with hypertension (HT) and/or diabetes mellitus (DM), and evaluate the long-term effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the Risk Assessment and Management Programmes (RAMP) and other primary care services such as Patient Support Call Centre (PSCC) on reducing complications and mortality
Design: Population-based cohort study
Setting: Hospital Authority (HA) primary care clinics Participants: All patients aged ≥18 years with DM or HT managed in HA primary care clinics between 2006 and 2021
Main outcome measures: (1) incidence of DM/HT-related complications (cardiovascular disease, end-stage renal disease, retinopathy, neuropathy and all-cause mortality); (2) service utilization (out-patient clinics, Accident and Emergency and overnight hospitalizations); (3) Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio per complications or all-cause death avoided, and per QALY gained by RAMP or PSCC.
Methods: A naturalistic cohort study (maximum 10-year follow-up) and retrospective data extraction from the HA clinical management system (CMS) database will be conducted to identify and correlate outcome trajectories of HT and/or DM patients with personal, service delivery and process of care factors. Outcomes of propensity score matched cohorts who have and have not participated in the programmes will be compared. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression and Poisson/negative binomial regression will be conducted to evaluate the effect of RAMP, PSCC and other primary care services on the risk of complications, mortality and service utilization. Empirical costs and effectiveness data will be used to calculate cost-effectiveness from the provider's perspective.
Significance: Findings will inform how to optimize service delivery for HT/DM patients in Hong Kong
A naturalistic cohort study with a maximum follow-up period of 10 years, and retrospective extraction of relevant data from the HA clinical management system (CMS) database, designed as four sub-studies:-
Condition | Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus, Cardiovascular Diseases, Morbidity, Multiple, Kidney Disease, Chronic, Death |
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Treatment | Different structures and processes of primary care management strategies, Multi-disciplinary Risk Factor Assessment and Management Programmes for diabetes (RAMP-DM), Multi-disciplinary Risk Factor Assessment and Management Programmes for hypertension (RAMP-HT), Patient Support Call Centre (PSCC) |
Clinical Study Identifier | NCT04302974 |
Sponsor | The University of Hong Kong |
Last Modified on | 26 May 2022 |
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