Transactions of the International Conference on Health Information Technology Advancement
Document Type
Article
Version
publisher_pdf
Publication Date
11-2019
Abstract
The number of people in the US with opioid abuse exceeds 2 million and the total cost is approximately $100B per year. In this study, we focus on patient-level interventions and present three IT-based interventions: (a) mobile reminders, (b) electronic monitoring, and (c) composite intervention. We have developed an analytical model for evaluating interventions using Return-on-Investment (ROI). The interventions are cost-effective for higher values of intervention effectiveness, hospital, and emergency room cost. However, with QoL improvement, cost-effectiveness improves significantly. We also explored the use of financial incentives for increasing the adoption of interventions. These results will help patients, healthcare professionals, decision-makers, and family members to choose the most suitable intervention to address opioid abuse.
WMU ScholarWorks Citation
Singh, Neetu and Varshney, Upkar, "IT-based Patient Interventions for Opioid Abuse: Evaluation using Analytical Model" (2019). Transactions of the International Conference on Health Information Technology Advancement. 61.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/ichita_transactions/61