Health and economic outcomes of a universal early intervention for parents and children from birth to age five: evaluation of the Salut Programme using a natural experiment ...

• Main Authors: Sampaio, Filipa, Häggström, Jenny, Ssegonja, Richard, Eurenius, Eva, Ivarsson, Anneli, Pulkki-Brännström, Anni-Maria, Feldman, Inna
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: figshare 2023
• Subjects: Medicine; Biotechnology; 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified; FOS Biological sciences; Science Policy; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.6631709; https://springernature.figshare.com/collections/Health_and_economic_outcomes_of_a_universal_early_intervention_for_parents_and_children_from_birth_to_age_five_evaluation_of_the_Salut_Programme_using_a_natural_experiment/6631709

Abstract Background The aim of this study was to investigate the health and economic outcomes of a universal early intervention for parents and children, the Salut Programme, from birth to when the child completed five years of age. Methods This study adopted a retrospective observational design using routinely collected linked register data with respect to both exposures and outcomes from Västerbotten county, in northern Sweden. Making use of a natural experiment, areas that received care-as-usual (non-Salut area) were compared to areas where the Programme was implemented after 2006 (Salut area) in terms of: (i) health outcomes, healthcare resource use and costs around pregnancy, delivery and birth, and (ii) healthcare resource use and related costs, as well as costs of care of sick child. We estimated total cumulative costs related to inpatient and specialised outpatient care for mothers and children, and financial benefits paid to mothers to stay home from work to care for a sick child. Two analyses were ...