Investigators from National Institute for Health and Medical Research Target Pneumonia (Additional Cost Because of Pneumonia in Nursing Home…

Investigators from National Institute for Health and Medical Research Target Pneumonia (Additional Cost Because of Pneumonia in Nursing Home Residents: Results From the Incidence of Pneumonia and Related Consequences in Nursing Home Resident ...)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- New research on Lung Diseases and Conditions - Pneumonia is the subject of a report. According to news reporting originating in Toulouse, France, by VerticalNews journalists, research stated, "Pneumonia is a frequent condition in older people. Our aim was to examine the total healthcare cost related to pneumonia in nursing home (NH) residents over a 1-year follow-up period."

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from National Institute for Health and Medical Research, "This was a prospective, longitudinal, observational, and multicenter study that was a part of the Incidence of Pneumonia and related Consequences in Nursing Home Resident study. Thirteen NHs located in Languedoc Roussillon and Midi-Pyrnes regions in France were included. Resident in NH, older than 60 years and had a group iso-resource score ranging from 2 to 5. Pneumonia events were characterized according to the Observatoire du Risque Infectieux en Geriatrie criteria. Direct medical and nonmedical costs were assessed from the French health insurance perspective. Healthcare resources was retrospectively gathered from the French Social Health Insurance database and valued using the tariffs reimbursed by the French health insurance. Sociodemographic variables, clinical factors, vaccinations, cognition, depression, functional status, frailty index, as well as group iso-resource score were also recorded. Among the 800 patients initially included in the Incidence of Pneumonia and Related Consequences in Nursing Home Resident study, 345 which were listed in the database of the French Social Health Insurance were included in this economic study. Among them, 64 (18%) experienced at least 1 episode of pneumonia during the 1-year follow-up period. Mean annual total additional cost for a patient who experienced at least 1 episode of pneumonia during the 1 year follow-up period is 2813 (sic). On average, total annual costs increased by 60% to 93% when a patient experienced at least 1 episode of pneumonia. NH-acquired pneumonia has a great impact on total cost of care for NH residents."

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "Our results suggest the potential economic savings that could be achieved if pneumonia could be prevented in NHs."

For more information on this research see: Additional Cost Because of Pneumonia in Nursing Home Residents: Results From the Incidence of Pneumonia and Related Consequences in Nursing Home Resident Study. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2017;18(5):142-147. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association can be contacted at: Elsevier Science Inc, 360 Park Ave South, New York, NY 10010-1710, USA. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-the-american-medical-directors-association/)

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting N. Costa, Univ Med Toulouse, Natl Inst Hlth & Med Res, INSERM, Unit 1027, Toulouse, France. Additional authors for this research include E.O. Hoogendijk, M. Mounie, R. Bourrel, Y. Rolland, B. Vellas, L. Molinier and M. Cesari.

Keywords for this news article include: Toulouse, France, Europe, Respiratory Tract Diseases and Conditions, Health Insurance, Epidemiology, Lung Diseases and Conditions, Respiratory Tract Infections, Infectious Disease, Pulmonology, Pneumonia, National Institute for Health and Medical Research.

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