Optimise not maximise for
better value COPD & asthma
             care
                             Noel Baxter GP
                  Co-lead NHS London Respiratory Team




The VALUE equation


 Health
Outcomes                           Value                 Cost
                        =
Patient defined
                Health Outcomes
bundle of care
                Cost of delivering
                   Outcomes



  Porter ME; Lee TH NEJM 2010;363:2477-2481; 2481-2483




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We know what interventions are good value –
    when they are done in the right way
                                                     Triple Therapy
                                                        £35,000-
                                                     £187,000/QALY

                                                         LABA
                                                      £8,000/QALY

                                                       Tiotropium
                                                      £7,000/QALY

                                          Pulmonary Rehabilitation
                                             £2,000-8,000/QALY

                                 Stop Smoking Support with
                                pharmacotherapy £2,000/QALY

                           Flu vaccination £1,000/QALY in “at risk” population




 What works long term and is cost effective?
A cost effective intervention in COPD - Stopping Smoking

                                                1 year abstinence                              QALY
                                                        %                                       £

            Usual care                                         1.4

    Minimal counselling                                        2.6                             14,735

   Intensive counselling                                         6                              7,149

 Intensive counselling +                                      12.3                              2,092
    pharmacotherapy
Systematic Review of 9 studies Hoogendoorn M, Feenstra TL, Hoogenveen RT, Rutten-van Mo¨lken MPMH.
Thorax 2010: 65:711-718




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The low value pyramid




We know how to allocate resource at
population level
                     http://www.impressresp.com/index.php?option=c
                     om_content&view=article&id=167:impressions-28-
                     relative-value-of-copd-
                     interventions&catid=11:impressions&Itemid=3




                                                                      3
COPD in London: What do we know?




Londoners dying from smoking




                        ‘1 in 5 deaths due to
                             smoking’




                                                4
Stop smoking support: Step 1 treatment for
people with asthma who smoke and for
households of children with asthma that
smoke


“ 32.5% of patients admitted to hospital were current smokers …a further
18.8% were ex‐smokers …a significantly greater number of asthmatics reported
themselves to be smokers over the general population …

… smoking causes steroid resistance in asthma and is associated with other
‘risk’ behaviours, which may make this group more likely to be admitted to
hospital




 Optimal healthcare for up to 1:4 people with a
 long term condition is stop smoking support as
 treatment




                                                                               5
Admissions ( asthma and COPD) : What factors
can we influence as health professionals ?

•   Bed capacity
•   Distance to hospital
•   Deprivation of population
•   Socioeconomic status
•   Prevalence of COPD
•   Prevalence of smoking in our practices




    Where can we make an impact for people
    with COPD and asthma ?

• For every 1% increase in prevalence of
  smoking in your COPD population there is a
  1% increase in COPD admission rates.
• For every 1% increase in prevalence of
  smoking in your asthma population there is a
  1% increase in asthma admission rates.




                                                 6
7
PCT monthly COPD dashboard 2013




      Prevalence of current
     smoking where status                1550/3335 = 46.5%
   recorded in last 15 months



  COPD smokers in last year receiving evidence based stop smoking
                          support – 17.5%




            Quit smoking as treatment
               Sharing Whittington learning
Health professionals esp doctors need to believe quit smoking
  interventions are part of their role & responsibility
              Behaviour change: importance, confidence
                           Make it easy to do
              clinical leadership, systems & incentives
• Brief interventions
• Behaviour change skills
• Knowledge of quit smoking services & referral
• Prescribing knowledge & medications available
• Measure outcomes and provide feedback
• Acute Trust and Mental Health Trust CQINs




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9
Are your hospital staff able, & confident
to, prescribe Quit Smoking medication?




 Does your hospital provide nicotine
  replacement therapy routinely on
       admission for smokers?




 How do we make this happen?




                                            10
What did we do?




More about LRT and Right Care @
www.londonrespiratoryteamconference.com




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Breakout 4.2 Optimise not maximise for better value COPD and asthma care - Noel Baxter

  • 1.
    Optimise not maximisefor better value COPD & asthma care Noel Baxter GP Co-lead NHS London Respiratory Team The VALUE equation Health Outcomes Value Cost = Patient defined Health Outcomes bundle of care Cost of delivering Outcomes Porter ME; Lee TH NEJM 2010;363:2477-2481; 2481-2483 1
  • 2.
    We know whatinterventions are good value – when they are done in the right way Triple Therapy £35,000- £187,000/QALY LABA £8,000/QALY Tiotropium £7,000/QALY Pulmonary Rehabilitation £2,000-8,000/QALY Stop Smoking Support with pharmacotherapy £2,000/QALY Flu vaccination £1,000/QALY in “at risk” population What works long term and is cost effective? A cost effective intervention in COPD - Stopping Smoking 1 year abstinence QALY % £ Usual care 1.4 Minimal counselling 2.6 14,735 Intensive counselling 6 7,149 Intensive counselling + 12.3 2,092 pharmacotherapy Systematic Review of 9 studies Hoogendoorn M, Feenstra TL, Hoogenveen RT, Rutten-van Mo¨lken MPMH. Thorax 2010: 65:711-718 2
  • 3.
    The low valuepyramid We know how to allocate resource at population level http://www.impressresp.com/index.php?option=c om_content&view=article&id=167:impressions-28- relative-value-of-copd- interventions&catid=11:impressions&Itemid=3 3
  • 4.
    COPD in London:What do we know? Londoners dying from smoking ‘1 in 5 deaths due to smoking’ 4
  • 5.
    Stop smoking support:Step 1 treatment for people with asthma who smoke and for households of children with asthma that smoke “ 32.5% of patients admitted to hospital were current smokers …a further 18.8% were ex‐smokers …a significantly greater number of asthmatics reported themselves to be smokers over the general population … … smoking causes steroid resistance in asthma and is associated with other ‘risk’ behaviours, which may make this group more likely to be admitted to hospital Optimal healthcare for up to 1:4 people with a long term condition is stop smoking support as treatment 5
  • 6.
    Admissions ( asthmaand COPD) : What factors can we influence as health professionals ? • Bed capacity • Distance to hospital • Deprivation of population • Socioeconomic status • Prevalence of COPD • Prevalence of smoking in our practices Where can we make an impact for people with COPD and asthma ? • For every 1% increase in prevalence of smoking in your COPD population there is a 1% increase in COPD admission rates. • For every 1% increase in prevalence of smoking in your asthma population there is a 1% increase in asthma admission rates. 6
  • 7.
  • 8.
    PCT monthly COPDdashboard 2013 Prevalence of current smoking where status 1550/3335 = 46.5% recorded in last 15 months COPD smokers in last year receiving evidence based stop smoking support – 17.5% Quit smoking as treatment Sharing Whittington learning Health professionals esp doctors need to believe quit smoking interventions are part of their role & responsibility Behaviour change: importance, confidence Make it easy to do clinical leadership, systems & incentives • Brief interventions • Behaviour change skills • Knowledge of quit smoking services & referral • Prescribing knowledge & medications available • Measure outcomes and provide feedback • Acute Trust and Mental Health Trust CQINs 8
  • 9.
  • 10.
    Are your hospitalstaff able, & confident to, prescribe Quit Smoking medication? Does your hospital provide nicotine replacement therapy routinely on admission for smokers? How do we make this happen? 10
  • 11.
    What did wedo? More about LRT and Right Care @ www.londonrespiratoryteamconference.com 11
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