What costs were compared when discussing home-based rehabilitation versus hospital-based rehabilitation?
The relevant economic evaluation compared home-based rehabilitation to hospital-based rehabilitation for people with heart failure. The study found home-based rehabilitation to be more costly compared to hospital-based rehabilitation. The cost of DVD production to deliver the home-based intervention was divided by the number of patients in the study arm (n=15) to give the average cost per patient. The estimated intervention cost of hospital-based rehabilitation is unlikely to differ in current practice. The committee also noted that the admission costs were higher in the home-based rehabilitation group in this study.