Projects
Praneet Valodia has worked on projects for the past 36 years. He worked on over 100 projects that are unique worldwide and contribute to global knowledge. Below is a description of 5 projects only. This section will be regularly updated to reflect different projects that Praneet has worked on.
Pharmacoeconomic modelling
Numerous projects have been worked on in this area to assist in developing market access solutions for innovator medicines. The approach used involves understanding the Total-cost-of-care and Episode-of-care costs and not just medicine costs. The total cost of treatment for an episode of care for an innovator medicine is compared to that of a comparator. When doing this the value of innovator medicines has often become more prominent.
Oncology projects
A feasibility study was conducted to determine the readiness of the South African market for automated/robotic chemotherapy compounding systems. An in-depth structured interview was conducted with a sample of relevant role-players in the South African market.
During the past 5 years 7 innovator oncology medicines were evaluated by applying the principles of evidence-based medicine and pharmacoeconomics.
Measuring asthma control
An IT system was designed that has the ability to measure asthma control based on the South African Standard treatment guidelines for asthma control. Decision trees in real-time categorise the patients’ asthma control based on 58 possible combinations of responses. This application will allow the doctor, patient or managed care company to measure asthma control which forms the basis for the management of asthma. Such an IT system is of great value in selecting patients who should be enrolled for disease management programmes. These principles could be applied for all disease management programmes to track disease control in individual patients.
Automated health outcomes measurement
Successfully developed an automated health outcomes reporting system which was unique in South Africa. The system was able to track over a million patients individually in 4 hours in an automated way and used statistical inferences for decision-making. Data from all systems, i.e. medicines, hospital, disease management, etc were integrated to measure outcomes. The system compared pre- and post-intervention data points for individual patients to measure health outcomes.
Postgraduate supervision of projects: Total-cost-of-care models
Praneet Valodia has supervised postgraduate students in costing studies for the past 8 years by developing models for the Total-Cost-of-Care and for determining the Episode-of-Care costs. The model development focused on diabetes and its complications and breast cancer in tertiary settings. These studies determine the financial burden of selected diseases, assist in identifying cost drivers and allocating budget for optimal care.