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Research Article: Value-based healthcare in fertility care using relevant outcome measures for the full cycle of care leading towards shared decision-making: a retrospective cohort study

Date Published: 2023-09-11

Abstract:
Objective To determine if the introduction of value-based healthcare (VBHC) in fertility care can help to create realistic expectations in patients resulting in increased patient value, by demonstrating the relevance of defining outcome measures that truly matter to subfertile patients. Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting Tertiary fertility centre. Results Time to pregnancy (TTP) and ongoing pregnancy rate (OPR), as a proxy for the live birth rate, for the full cycle of fertility care, regardless of which and how many treatment cycles performed, were identified as the most relevant medical outcome measures. Outcome measures were incorporated into a digital dashboard by using anonymised and validated patient data from the electronic patient file. We were able to present the TTP and OPR for the population as a whole as well as stratified for age, diagnosis, gravidity and type of gamete source used thereby resulting in a virtual ‘patient like me’ resembling the individual patient in the consultation room. Conclusion We have shown that, by applying VBHC principles, relevant outcome measures can be generated and stratified for different patient characteristics, in order to develop a virtual ‘patient like me’. This virtual ‘patient like me’ can be used in the consulting room in the form of a digital dashboard, attributing to create realistic patient expectations. This facilitates healthcare providers and patients in shared decision-making.

Introduction:
Value-based healthcare (VBHC) was first introduced by Porter 1 as a new method for providing medical care by increasing patient value through measuring truly, for the patient, relevant outcome measures and knowing the costs to achieve these outcomes. This method is currently being embraced and implemented into medical practice worldwide. 2 Many clinics are introducing this concept and International Consortium for Health Outcome Measurement (ICHOM) sets with relevant outcomes of care are created for a multitude of…

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