Socio-economics

The fourth sub-project of the Swiss Neurorehab project aims to provide input for an overall evaluation of the new Swiss Neurorehab model, offering four key outcomes:

• A descriptive monitoring of the costs associated with implementing the new neurorehabilitation model.
• A cost-effectiveness and cost-utility analysis of the new neurorehabilitation model.
• A financial plan for the adoption and sustainability of reimbursement for the new neurorehabilitation model, including telerehabilitation.
• A qualitative analysis of the organizational impacts of the new neurorehabilitation model.

In the first step, a relevant set of outcomes (e.g., condition-specific and generic patient-reported outcomes), healthcare utilization, and associated costs—measured either retrospectively or prospectively—will be defined and collected in coordination with sub-project 1 (new neurorehabilitation model) and sub-project 2 (therapeutic programs). The analysis of these data will form the basis of the new reimbursement model to foster adoption and sustainability for providers, public healthcare systems, and private insurance companies.

In the final part, a qualitative analysis, including an organizational impact map for health technologies, along with focus groups incorporating the perspectives of patients/carers, healthcare professionals, and financing partners, will generate important insights into the acceptance and perceived benefits of the new patient-centered home therapy scheme.