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Economic analysis of digital motor rehabilitation technologies: a systematic review

Koffi Adzinyo Agbemanyole (), Kokouvi Geovani Agbohessou, Christelle Pons, Philippe Lenca, Olivier Rémy-Néris and Myriam Le Goff-Pronost
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Koffi Adzinyo Agbemanyole: IMT Atlantique, LaTIM, UMR INSERM 1101
Kokouvi Geovani Agbohessou: Univ. Limoges, HAVAE, UR20217
Christelle Pons: LaTIM (Laboratory of Medical Information Processing), INSERM UMR 1101 (Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité Mixte de Recherche)
Philippe Lenca: IMT Atlantique, Lab-STICC, UMR CNRS 6285
Olivier Rémy-Néris: LaTIM (Laboratory of Medical Information Processing), INSERM UMR 1101 (Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité Mixte de Recherche)
Myriam Le Goff-Pronost: IMT Atlantique, LaTIM, UMR INSERM 1101

Health Economics Review, 2024, vol. 14, issue 1, 1-19

Abstract: Abstract Rehabilitation technologies offer promising opportunities for interventions for patients with motor disabilities. However, their use in routine care remains limited due to their high cost and persistent doubts about their cost-effectiveness. Providing solid evidence of the economic efficiency of rehabilitation technologies would help dispel these doubts in order to better take advantage of these technologies. In this context, this systematic review aimed to examine the cost-effectiveness of rehabilitation interventions based on the use of digital technologies. In total, 660 articles published between 2011 and 2021 were identified, of which eleven studies met all the inclusion criteria. Of these eleven studies, seven proved to be cost-effective, while four were not. Four studies used cost-utility analyses (CUAs) and seven used cost-minimization analyses (CMAs). The majority (ten studies) focused on the rehabilitation of the upper and/or lower limbs after a stroke, while only one study examined the rehabilitation of the lower limbs after knee arthroplasty. Regarding the evaluated devices, seven studies analyzed the cost-effectiveness of robotic rehabilitation and four analyzed rehabilitation with virtual reality.The assessment of the quality of the included studies using the CHEERS (Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards) suggested that the quality was related to the economic analysis method: all studies that adopted a cost-utility analysis obtained a high quality score (above 80%), while the quality scores of the cost-minimization analyses were average, with the highest score obtained by a CMA being 72%. The average quality score of all the articles was 75%, ranging between 52 and 100. Of the four studies with a considering score, two concluded that there was equivalence between the intervention and conventional care in terms of cost-effectiveness, one concluded that the intervention dominated, while the last one concluded that usual care dominated. This suggests that even considering the quality of the included studies, rehabilitation interventions based on digital technologies remain cost-effective, they improved health outcomes and quality of life for patients with motor disorders while also allowing cost savings.

Keywords: Cost-effectiveness analysis; Disability; Rehabilitation technologies; QALY; Systematic review (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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