A cost benefit analysis of home-based physical therapy services

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study is to present a basic data for policy which activate the introduction of the home based physical therapy services policy and the home based physical therapy in the visiting home care service on the basis of policy. Method: The design of this study is performed a home based physical therapy to the patients with cerebrovascular, the cost-benefit analysis of home based physical therapy with cerebrovascular patient which is analyzed on basis of survey data of the 51 rehabilitative care hospital medical institutions in nationwide and the number of nursing system, has analyzed the economic benefit in calculate the annual net social benefit through sensitivity analysis after calculated 1times per physical therapy. Results: This study are in the survey of the direct costs of the rehabilitation and convalescence hospital of visit’s cost-benefit analysis in patients with cerebrovascular disease, home based physical therapy way’s cost-benefit ratio more 1.8 times than medical center visit‘s way so that the net social benefit of home based physical therapy way has been analyzed to 18,028 million won. Conclusion: The business features of cheaper, home based physical therapy services has a more economical effect than medical center visit.