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( Cost- ) Effectiveness of Psychotherapy for Personality Disorders Jan van Busschbach. Prof. Dr. J. van Busschbach Department of Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy Erasmus MC PO Box 2040 3000 CA Rotterdam +31 10 7043807 (direct: 7044306) J.vanbusschbach@erasmusmc.nl .
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(Cost-)Effectiveness of Psychotherapy for Personality DisordersJan van Busschbach Prof. Dr. J. van BusschbachDepartment of Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy Erasmus MC PO Box 2040 3000 CA Rotterdam +31 10 7043807 (direct: 7044306)J.vanbusschbach@erasmusmc.nl
Jan van Busschbach, Roel Verheul, Anna Bartak, Djora Soeteman, Helene Andrea, Janine van Manen
An different mindset: Comparing “dosages” • Usually ... • Comparison between theoretical orientation of therapy • Typically ... • Amount of therapy is keep constant • Little differences • Nonspecific factors seems to drive treatment success • This assumes ... • amount of therapy is relevant • Amount of therapy relates to costs • Yet ... • Relation between costs and effects is rarely investigated
SCEPTRE • Study on Cost-Effectiveness of Personality Disorder Treatment • Start: March 2003 • 6 clinics
SCEPTRE • About 900 patient with PD • Followed over 3 years • Dosages compared • Outpatient, day-hospital and inpatient psychotherapy • Shorter than or equal to 6 months, longer than 6 months • Clusters • A; N = 58 • B; N = 241 • C; N = 466 • Naturalistic design
Selection bias • Question to clinician: • “What are the important variables for treatment allocation?” • Answer: • “Everything is important!” • How to control for everything? • “We are in need of a super covariate”
Correction for selection bias • Propensity score • A sophisticated co-variance analysis • Combines several co-variates • To correct for baseline differences • If successful • Results can be interpreted as an RCT • Several checks on validity • Often used in (health) economics
Super Covariate: the propensity score • Age • Sex • Diagnosis (SIDP-IV) • Baseline GSI • Motivation • Measures of pathology • DAPP-BQ; SIPP; OQ-45 • Quality of life (EQ-5D)
Is the super covariate valid? Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 2009 Separate PhD, 2010 Medical Care, 2010
Cluster A: one of the largest studies ever Bartak, Andrea, Spreeuwenberg, Ziegler, Dekker, Rossum, Hamers, Scholte, Aerts, Busschbach, Verheul, Stijnen, & Emmelkamp, (in press). Effectiveness of outpatient, day hospital, and inpatient psychotherapeutic treatment for patients with cluster A personality disorder. Under review
Assumptions met in: • 3 groups in cluster B • Inpatient • Day-hospital • Outpatient • 5 groups in cluster C • Short-term inpatient • Long-term inpatient • Short-term day-hospital • Long-term day-hospital • Long-term out-patient
Results cluster B Bartak, Andrea, Spreeuwenberg, Ziegler, Dekker, Rossum, Hamers, Scholte, Aerts, Busschbach, Verheul, Stijnen, & Emmelkamp. Effectiveness of outpatient, day hospital, and inpatient psychotherapeutic treatment for patients with cluster B personality disorder. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, in press
Differences diminish till P = 0.06 After correction with the propensity score Complicates conclusions Assumptions of propensity score are met Effect are reduces after correction But costs could make the difference… But no significant results in cluster B…
Better effects of short-term inpatient psychotherapy remain significant Assumptions propensity score are met Results maintain But costs could still make a difference… Propensity escore in cluster C
No comparison possible in cluster A But psychotherapy seems to work Inpatient / day hospital seems better Non difference in B (after correction) But costs can be decisive …. Cluster C Favorable results for short-term inpatient psychotherapy Expect to dominates long in-patient But is short-term inpatient worth the costs? Compared to long day hospital / short day hospital Conclusions: effects
QALY • Health economics addresses the efficient allocation of health care resources • For instance • Psychotherapy “long” versus “short” • “Psychotherapy in PD” versus “Care for diabetics” • Make effects comparable • Same effect parameter in diabetes as in PD • Survival and Quality of Life • Combined: Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALY)
QALY • Quality Adjusted Life Years • Area under the curve
EQ-5D • MOBILITY • I have no problems in walking about • I have some……. • I am confined to bed • SELF-CARE • I have no problems with self-care • I have some problems….. • I am unable… • USUAL ACTIVITIES • I have no problems with performing my usual activities • I have some problems… • I am unable…. • PAIN/DISCOMFORT • I have no pain or discomfort • I have moderate ….. • I have extreme…….. • ANXIETY/DEPRESSION • I am not anxious or depressed • I am moderately…….. • I am extremely….. The EuroQol EQ-5D is specially designed to measure the quality of life index for QALYs
Burden of disease: EQ-5D Soeteman et al. Journal of Personality Disorders, 2008;22:259-68 . Soeteman et al. Psychiatric Services, 56, 1153-1155, 2005
Markov model Cluster B Soeteman, Verheul, Delimon, Meerman, Van den Eijnden, Rossum, Ziegler, Thunnissen, Busschbach, Kim. Cost-effectiveness of psychotherapy for cluster B personality disorders. British Journal of Psychiatry 2010;196:396–403.
Costs and effects in Cluster B Much difference Little difference Much difference
Interested in both costs and effect High costs Less effective More effective Low costs (savings) Good Forget it! Better Difficult… Superb! 25
Sensitivity analysis High costs Less effective More effective Low costs (savings) Forget it! Good Better Difficult… Superb! 26
Cost-effectiveness plane Good Better 27
Cluster C Soeteman, Verheul, Meerman, Rossum, Delimon, Rijnierse, Thunnissen, Busschbach, & Kim. Cost-effectiveness of psychotherapy for cluster C personality disorders. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry (in press). 31
Cluster C 32
Conclusion • Cost-effective treatment strategies are: • Cluster C PD: • Short-term inpatient psychotherapy (first choice) • Short-term day hospital psychotherapy • Sub-optimal treatment options are: • Long-term day hospital and long-term inpatient • Cluster B PD: • Outpatient psychotherapy (first choice) • Day hospital psychotherapy • Sub-optimal treatment option is: • Inpatient psychotherapy 33
Definition “recovered patient” Clinically significant change: (Jacobson and Truax, 1991) Recovered: statistically reliable + ends up within normal limits Improved: statistically reliable , but ends still dysfunctional Unchanged: no statistically reliable Relapsed or deteriorated: statistically reliable in the opposite direction General Symptom Index (BSI/SCL-90) 35