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Table 5 Summary of base case implementation levels, evidence source and outcomes in associated sensitivity analyses

From: Systematic review and critical methodological appraisal of community-based falls prevention economic models

Study labela

Intervention

Base case implementation levelsb

Sensitivity analysis outcome

Initial access

Compliance

Sustainability (model time horizon)

Evidence source

Albert et al. (2016)

MF int.

 

Adherence: 78.6%

Fidelity: 84.1%

 

Internal non-randomised

No analysis

Alhambra-Borras et al. (2019)

Exercise

Uptake: 39.6%

  

Internal quasi-experimental

No analysis

Beard et al. (2006)

MC (intersectoral) int.

  

Maint.: 5 years (of 5)

Internal quasi-experimental

No analysis

Church et al. (2011)

Multiple types

  

Maint.: 1 year (of 10)

Assumption

No analysis

Church et al. (2012)

Multiple types

  

Maint.: 1 year (of lifetime)

Assumption

No analysis

Comans et al. (2009)

MF int. (2 forms)

Uptake: as scenario

  

Assumption

ROI break-even

Day et al. (2009, 2010)

Multiple typesc

Uptake: 1.9% Tai Chi; 39.4% home exercise; 55.4% HAM; 55.4% MF int.; 18.9% Psychotropic med. withdrawal; 80.0% Cardiac pacing

 

Persistence: 61% home exercise

Maint.: 1 year (of 2) home exercise; 1 year (of 5) cardiac pacing

External RCT

Falls and hospitalised falls averted; ICER (CEA)

Deverall et al. (2018)

Group (commercial) exercise

Uptake: 52%

  

External RCT

Inc. cost; Inc. QALY; ICER (CUA)

  

Persistence: 80.5% uptake in year 2; 10% in year 10

External RCTs and assumption

Same as uptake

  

Maint.: permanent

External RCT

No analysis

Home exercise

Uptake: 52%

  

External RCT

Inc. cost; Inc. QALY; ICER (CUA)

  

Persistence: 76.3% uptake in year 2; 10% in year 5

External RCTs and assumption

Same as uptake

  

Maint.: permanent

External RCT

No analysis

Eldridge et al. (2005)

FRS + MF int. or exercise (prescribed or self-referred)

Uptake: 6.5% FRS; 50%/10% self-referred exercise for high-/low-risk persons

  

Internal survey

Proportion of total falls averted

Farag et al. (2015)

Non-specific intervention

Uptake: 50%

  

Assumption

ICER (CUA)

Franklin et al. (2019)

FRS + exercise (3 forms) or HAM

Uptake: 100% for those referred from FRS

  

Assumption

ICER (CUA)

  

Maint.: 1 year (of 2)

Assumption

No analysis

Hiligsmann et al. (2014)

Vit D and calcium supplement

  

Maint.: 3 years (of lifetime)

Assumption

ICER (CUA)

Hirst et al. (2016)

Med. modification

 

Adherence: 29.4% of eligible days

 

External survey

Inc. cost; Inc. QALY; ICER (CUA)

Honkanen et al. (2006)

Hip protector

 

Adherence: 36% of daily hours

 

External survey

ICER (CUA)

  

Persistence: 50% discontinue after 1st year; discontinuation rate declines exponentially

External survey

ICER (CUA)

Howland et al. (2015)

MC int. (lay-led)

Uptake: 50%

  

Assumption

Aggregate efficiency (ROI: net cost saving)

 

Fidelity: 100% refer

 

Assumption

No analysis

Ippoliti et al. (2018)

MF int.

Uptake: 80%

  

Assumption

No analysis

Johansson et al. (2008)

MF int.

  

Maint.: 5 years (of lifetime)

Internal quasi-experiment

No analysis

Lee et al. (2013)

Vit D screening and supplement

 

Adherence: 80%

 

External RCT

No analysis

Miller et al. (2011)

MC int. (lay-led)

 

Adherence: 71.4%

Maint.: 1 year (of 2)

Assumption

No analysis

Mori et al. (2017)

Home exercise

Uptake: 42%

  

External RCTs

No analysis

  

Maint.: 1 year (of lifetime)

Assumption

Inc. cost; Inc. QALY; ICER (CUA)

Moriarty et al. (2019)

Med. modification (Benzodiazepine, PPI)

 

Adherence: 100%

 

Assumption

Inc. cost; Inc. QALY

Nshimyumukiza et al. (2013)

Fracture risk screening + physical activity, Vit D and calcium, and/or Osteoporosis screen and treatment

Uptake: 53%

  

External survey

ICER (CEA, CUA)

  

Maint.: permanent

Assumption

No analysis

OMAS (2008)

Multiple types

Uptake: 57.0% exercise; 27.0% psychotropic med.; not specified for HAM, Vit D, Gait stabiliser

Adherence: 79.0% exercise; 75.7% HAM; 81.8% Vit D; 53.0% psychotropic med.; 80.0% Gait stabiliser

 

External RCTs and survey

No analysis

  

Persistence: same as adherence

Assumption

No analysis

Pega et al. (2016); Wilson et al. (2017)

HAM

Uptake: 89.0%

  

External RCT

Inc. cost; Inc. QALY; ICER (CUA)

  

Maint.: one-off, no renewal

Assumption

No analysis

Poole et al. (2015)

Vit D supplement

  

Maint.: 5 years (of 5)

External RCTs

No analysis

PHE (2018)

Exercise (3 forms); HAM

Uptake: 20%

 

Maint.: 1 year (of 2)

Assumption

No analysis

Turner et al. (2020)

Med. modification

Adoption: 66% of GPs received pharmacist advice; 79% met older persons for deprescribing

  

Uncleard

Inc. cost; Inc. QALY; ICER (CUA)

Uptake: 53%

  

External RCT

No analysis

Wu et al. (2010)

MF int.

Uptake: 50%

  

External RCT and surveys

Aggregate efficiency (ROI: net cost saving); ICER (CEA)

Zarca et al. (2014)

Vit D screening and supplement

 

Adherence: 50%; 100% after fracture

 

External survey and assumption

ICER (CUA)

  

Maint.: permanent

Assumption

No analysis

  1. CBT cognitive behavioural therapy, CEA cost-effectiveness analysis, CSP Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, CUA cost-utility analysis, FRID fall risk increasing drug, FRS falls risk screening, HAM home assessment and modification, ICER incremental cost-effectiveness ratio, Inc. incremental, Int. intervention, Maint. Maintenance, MC multiple-component, MF multifactorial, OMAS Ontario Medical Advisory Secretariat, PHE Public Health England, PPI proton pump inhibitor, QALY quality-adjusted life year, RCT randomised controlled trial, ROI return on investment
  2. aSee Table 1 for study references
  3. bSupply and demand dimensions to implementation levels are distinguished: uptake (demand) and adoption (supply) for initial access; adherence and fidelity for compliance; and persistence and maintenance for sustainability. See Additional file 1: Table S3 for the references concerning the terms used
  4. cThe configuration is the same for Tai Chi in Day et al. [93]
  5. dCites the model Moriarty et al. [120] which does not report the parameter estimates directly