The cost-effectiveness of a mechanical compression device in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Joachim Marti, Claire Hulme, Zenia Ferreira, Silviya Nikolova, Ranjit Lall, Charlotte Kaye, Michael Smyth, Charlotte Kelly, Tom Quinn, Simon Gates, Charles D. Deakin, Gavin D. Perkins

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Abstract

Aim: To assess the cost-effectiveness of LUCAS-2, a mechanical device for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) as compared to manual chest compressions in adults with non-traumatic, out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.


Methods: We analysed patient-level data from a large, pragmatic, multi-centre trial linked to administrative secondary care data from the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) to measure healthcare resource use, costs and outcomes in both arms. A within-trial analysis using quality adjusted life years derived from the EQ-5D-3L was conducted at 12-month follow-up and results were extrapolated to the lifetime horizon using a decision-analytic model.


Results: 4471 patients were enrolled in the trial (1652 assigned to the LUCAS-2 group, 2819 assigned to the control group). At 12 months, 89 (5%) patients survived in the LUCAS-2 group and 175 (6%) survived in the manual CPR group. In the vast majority of analyses conducted, both within-trial and by extrapolation of the results over a lifetime horizon, manual CPR dominates LUCAS-2. In other words, patients in the LUCAS-2 group had poorer health outcomes (i.e. lower QALYs) and incurred higher health and social care costs.


Conclusion: Our study demonstrates that the use of the mechanical chest compression device LUCAS-2 represents poor value for money when compared to standard manual chest compression in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-7
JournalResuscitation
Volume117
Early online date2 May 2017
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Aug 2017

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