Healthcare Policy
Estimating Population Benefits of Prevention Approaches Using a Risk Tool: High Resource Users in Ontario, Canada
Meghan O’Neill, Kathy Kornas, Walter P. Wodchis and Laura C. Rosella
Abstract
Background: Healthcare spending is concentrated, with a minority of the population accounting for the majority of healthcare costs.
Methods: The authors modelled the impact of high resource user (HRU) prevention strategies within five years using the validated High Resource User Population Risk Tool.
Results: The authors estimated 758,000 new HRUs in Ontario from 2013–2014 to 2018–2019, resulting in $16.20 billion in healthcare costs (Canadian dollars 2016). The prevention approach that had the largest reduction in HRUs was targeting health-risk behaviours.
Conclusions: This study demonstrates the use of a policy tool by decision makers to support prevention approaches that consider the impact on HRUs and estimated healthcare costs.
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