HES Flashcards
What is an opportunity cost?
Benefit that could have been attained if treatment for that was provided
What are the main types of economic evaluation?
- Cost consequence
- Cost benefit
- Cost effectiveness
- Cost utility
- Cost minimisation
What principle does cost consequence apply?
Cost 1- Benefit 1 Cost 2 - Benefit 2
What is cost benefit?
How much more are you willing to pay for a benefit
What is cost effectiveness?
- Using ICER (Incremental Cost Effectiveness Ratio)
- Difference in cost and benefits between 2 methods
What is cost utility?
Measured using QALY (Quality adjusted life years)
What is cost minimisation?
If 2 treatments provided the same benefit, cheaper treatment option is chosen
What is marginal benefit?
Increase in benefit if there was an increased production by one additional unit
What is marginal cost?
Increased in cost if there was an increased in production by one additional unit
What is equity?
Maximisation of benefit for the money eg a poorer person will have more healthcare needs so they should be given care so that they can be at the same level as a wealthy person
Which people are QALY usually high?
- Lower social class
2. Old people
What is the problem with cost effectiveness method?
- Measured in natural units so its difficult to compare between multiple outcomes
What is the advantage of cost effectiveness method?
Measured as part of the clinical try and it is clearly understood
What does QALY value of 1,0 and -1 mean?
1- Healthy
0 - Dead
-1- Worse off than dead
What is measured in QALY?
- Length of life
- Quality of life
How is the quality of life data obtained?
Questionnaires, health state description, published values in literature
What does the questionnaire Euro-QoL use?
- Mobility
- Anxiety/depression
- Self- care
- Pain/discomfort
- Usual activities
What are the problems associated with QALY’s?
- Insensitivity of Questionnaire
- End of life treatments
- Discrimination
- Family carer benefits
What are the costs due to ill health to the NHS?
Direct - Social/healthcare, non-healthcare (OTC, Transport, paid carers, private health care)
Indirect - Lost of productivity, benefits and allowance for sick
What are the centres for NICE?
- Health technology
- Public health
- Clinical practice
Who make up the majority/ least in NICE?
- Majority: Clinicians
- Least: Manufacturer
Who make up the centre for public health?
- Topic experts
- Core members
- Community members
Based on what criteria are screening programmes approved by the National Screening Committee?
- Natural history of disease
- Appropriate, suitable test/examination
- Approved treatment
- Facilities for diagnosis
- Important health problem
- Agreed policy on who to treat as patients
- Economically balanced
- Continuing process
What are the 3 types of distribution systems?
- Hierarchial: Bottom nothing top most
- Capitalist: Price determines how goods are distributed
- Free market (Thatcher): No state intervention, prices of goods are determined by open market
What is the Keynes Welfare System?
Antithesis of the free market so acknowledges the role of the state to invest.
What does the state need to invest in the Keynes Welfare System?
- Financial benefits
- State education
- National health service
- Public housing initiatives
- Employment creation/development
What is the Beveridge plan?
Fight against giants of want
- Ignorance
- Idleness
- Squalor
- Disease
When was NHS invented?
1948
What was the purpose of NHS?
To provide an equitable distribution of health services accountable to nation to give them a sense of collective purpose and mission to promote the health of the nation
What is the concept of justice?
Treating people equally while understanding that there is an existing inequality
What are the concepts of justice?
- Desert
- Maximising utility
- Satisfying need
What does justice as desert mean?
Treated equally based on how deserving they are
What does noble failure mean?
Someone has tried really hard to adapt this good behaviour but failed for whatever reason
What does justice as maximising utility mean?
Utilitarianism: Max benefit for most people
What does justice as satisfying need mean?
People with least money and most healthcare need are given priority.
What is the problem associated with justice as a satisfying need?
Differentiating what is a need and a want
What is the fair innings approach?
Someone who has had fair innings will get lower priority compared to someone who has not reached societal norm.
What is the problem with fair innings approach?
Old person need is neglected as young person is prioritised
What is the estimated cost per QALY approved by NICE?
25K pounds per QALY
What are the parties involved in judicial review?
- Government: Secretary of State
- Parliament: Sovereign to satisfy legal need
- Judiciary: Acts to check on government
ART 2
Right to life
ART 3
Against inhuman and degrading treatment
ART 8
Right to privacy
ART 12
Right to found a family
ART 13
Prohibition against dicrimination
What are the 9 protected characteristics by single equality act 2010?
- Gender
- Age
- Race
- Religion/belief
- Sexual orientation
- Gender reassignment
- Disability
- Maternity/pregnancy
- Marriage/civil partnership
If patient is unable to decide for themselves, who can be given the right to based on Mental Capacity Act 2005?
- Patient nominee
- Court
- Doctor
- Previous wishes of patient
In what ways are autonomy given to the patient?
- Advanced directives
- Substituted decision making
- Court of protection
What is the concept of liberalism in terms of safeguarding patients rights?
- Purpose to support and not restrict/control patient
- Assuming patient has capacity
- All practical steps are taken to help
- Unwise decisions are not equated to incapacity
- Least restrictive option is chosen
What is lack of capacity?
Inability to make decision for self either due to impairment or disturbance to function or mind or brain.. This could either be temporary or permanent
What is the test for capacity?
- Understand
- Retain
- Weigh info
- Communicate decision
Why do you review capacity?
- It is decision specific
What can cause temporary incapacity?
- Alcohol
- Unconscious
- Drugs
- Accident
- Concussion
- Pain/medication
- Hypoglycaemia
What are Advance Refusals?
Decision can be made at any point to refuse certain treatments in the future
What should the doctor do if they suspect presence of an advanced refusal?
Must make reasonable efforts to find out what it says time permitting but can act in emergencies
What is the lasting powers of attorney?
- Patient can have a substituted person to make decisions for them
What are the criteria for lasting powers of attorney?
- > 18 years old
- Registered and certified by an independent person
- Donor could place restriction on powers
- Donee cannot appoint successor
What is the court of protection?
New court to deal with all areas for decision making for the incapacitated and has all the powers of the high court.
What powers does the court of protection have?
- One off declarations
- Substituted decisions
- Appoint deputies
- Call for reports
What is eugenics?
Set of practices and beliefs that aims to improve genetic quality of life
How were the weak left behind?
- Sterilisation
- Birth control
- Marital regulation
- Segregation of the unfit
What is the tragedy charity model?
- Depicts people as victims of circumstances who deserve pitu
Who uses the tragedy charity model?
Charities
What should the funds raised for disabled by charities used for?
- empower disabled people
- full integration into the society as equals
What is the key aim of the medical model for disability?
Disability results from a person’s individual limitations and not associated with social and geographical environemtns