Resource utilization and costs of transitioning from pediatric to adult care for patients with chronic autoinflammatory and autoimmune disorders
Authors' conclusion
A structured transition pathway for patients with chronic autoinflammatory and autoimmune disorders is resource and time consuming
Study context
- Population
- Adolescents with chronic autoinflammatory and autoimmune disorders transitioning from pediatric to adult care49 completed
- Participants
- 58 adolescents
- Outcome
- Resource use and costs of the key elements of a structured transition pathway
Methodological detailsresource use and cost evaluation
- Resource use and cost evaluation
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Cumulative cost of all consultation and education sessions incl. transfer appointment, per patient
Structured transition pathway
283
± 164 · Euro
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Completed transition pathway and transferred to adult care
- Patients completing the pathway, of 58 enrolled
- 49 (84.5%)
Time from decision to start transition to final transfer consultation
- Mean ± SD, days
- 315 ± 147
Transfer consultations held jointly with the future adult rheumatologist
- Patients, of 49 with transfer consultations
- 10
Consultations by the multidisciplinary team: team members and duration
- Median team members
- 3
- Duration, min (±)
- 65.5 ± 21.3
Cost of coordinating the transition process
- Euro (±)
- 57.3 ± 15.4
Original publication
Resource utilization and costs of transitioning from pediatric to adult care for patients with chronic autoinflammatory and autoimmune disorders. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. Published 23 February 2024. doi:10.
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