
Cost Benefit Analysis Of The Diabetes Self Management Program At A University Health Centre In Malaysia
2521-2530
Correspondence
Mahmoud Al-Haddad
( PhD)Lecturer & Researcher
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia
Email: dr_mahmoud77@hotmail.com
Tel: +6 012 5534547
Objectives: This study aims to conduct the Cost Benefit Analysis for the diabetes self management program using the payment card contingent valuation technique at the Health Center of Universiti Sains, Malaysia.
Setting: Health centre of Universiti Sains, Malaysia.
Methods And Materials: A cross sectional study design was used to elicit the patients' maximum willingness to pay money for the diabetes self management program. All costs and benefits of the program were measured for the cost benefit analysis evaluation.
Statistical Analysis: All data were analyzed by using the SPSS software package 12 at a significance level of less than 0.05.
Results: The net benefit of the diabetes self management program was RM7374.50, while the benefit to the cost ratio was equal to 1.2:1. On the other hand, the diabetes self management program would result in a net benefit of RM211418.67, if it resulted in the prevention of the development of one case of end stage renal disease. This study showed that patients with diabetes for more than 2 years had significant higher WTP amounts than those with lower diabetes length. In addition, more educated patients and those with higher incomes showed significant higher WTP amounts than less educated and lower income patients.
Conclusion: WTP has been approved to be a suitable tool for measuring the benefits of the intervention of the diabetes self management program. The diabetes self management program was found to be an effective intervention which would result in net benefits and large savings.