Health Gain Provided by Individual Care Plans

Putting the patients at the centre of all care processes also means sharing goals and achievements with them. In this context, outcome measurement is fundamental to the evaluation of healthcare provided. The aim of the study was to measure the health gain procured for patients admitted in a solvent ward of a private clinic. A retrospective study was conducted on 137 patients admitted in a private hospital from March 2018 to March 2020. To measure the health gains, we used individual care plans, EQ-5D-5L, Cumulative Illness Rating Scale and quality-adjusted life years (QALY). Statistical analysis was carried out through STATA. Our sample (62.8% females) was 82[15] years old. The median hospital stay was 16[17] days. Patients had a gain of 0.14[0.19] QALY: this was greater (p <.05) for females than males (0.15[0.19] vs. 0.12[0.14]). No difference (p >.05) was observed between patients with a different clinical severity. The QALY values obtained, and its economic evaluation measure the ability of the private clinic to ‘produce health’.