Full Title: CONCEPT-COSTS: Use of real-world data to analyze costs and efficiency of chronic care in the CONCEPT projects

Funded by: Instituto de Salud Carlos III (FIS PI19/00306)

Grant awarded: €79,557.50

Duration: 3 years (01/01/2020-31/12/2022)

Principal Investigator: Cristina Valcárcel Nazco

Collaborating Researchers: Manuel Ridao Lopez, Lidia García Pérez, Carmen Guirado Fuentes, Benjamín Rodríguez Díaz, Oliver Rivero Arias, Leticia Rodriguez Rodriguez

Project Summary:

CONCEPT-COSTS is part of the coordinated CONCEPT project, which includes five subprojects driven by REDISSEC. Its objective is to analyze the effectiveness and efficiency of care trajectories (TA) in four high-prevalence and high-impact chronic health problems: type 2 diabetes mellitus, atrial fibrillation, breast cancer, and ischemic stroke. As a common denominator, CONCEPT shares the innovative perspective of focusing its analyses on TA as a key determinant of care adequacy, treatment adherence, health outcomes, and their economic consequences. The primary objective of CONCEPT-COSTS is to complement the results produced by each clinical cohort of CONCEPT with a broad economic analysis based on real-world data (RWD), including incurred costs, avoidable costs, and the evaluation of the efficiency of identified TAs. These results will inform clinical and management decisions regarding TAs that should be promoted or avoided. The secondary objective of CONCEPT-COSTS is to identify the methodological and logistical challenges faced by economic evaluations based on RWD, in order to develop a framework that includes improvement recommendations related to feasibility, validity, and transferability of results.

Contact Person: Cristina Valcárcel Nazco (cristina.valcarcelnazco@sescs.es)