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{"title":"Cost-Effectiveness of Dolutegravir Compared With Efavirenz for Prevention of Perinatal Transmission in Women Presenting With HIV in Late Pregnancy in Uganda","authors":"Elly Nuwamanya MSc ,&nbsp;Sylvia Cornelia Nassiwa MD ,&nbsp;Andreas Kuznik PhD ,&nbsp;Catriona Waitt PhD ,&nbsp;Thokozile Malaba PhD ,&nbsp;Landon Myer PhD ,&nbsp;Angela Colbers PhD ,&nbsp;Jim Read ,&nbsp;Duolao Wang PhD ,&nbsp;Mohammed Lamorde PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.vhri.2024.101017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vhri.2024.101017","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><p>Dolutegravir (DTG) has proved to be more efficacious, tolerable, and safer than efavirenz (EFV) among mothers living with HIV and their infants in Uganda. This study assessed the cost-effectiveness of the DTG-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) compared with the standard of care for preventing perinatal transmissions among pregnant women initiating ART in late pregnancy in Uganda.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>We used data from a randomized open-label trial (DolPHIN-2) and a 2-part cost-effectiveness model composed of a short-term decision tree to estimate the perinatal transmission rate and costs and an individual-based 3-state Markov model (HIV, advanced HIV, dead) to estimate the long-term costs and health outcomes from the Ugandan payer perspective using a lifetime horizon and a 1-year Markov cycle. The main outcomes were the mean annual costs in US dollars ($), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and incremental cost-effectiveness ratio. Both the deterministic and probabilistic sensitivity analyses were conducted to assess the effect of parameter uncertainties on the ultimate results and the model’s robustness.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Compared with the EFV-based ART, the DTG-based ART was associated with fewer mean annual costs ($43.58 vs $68.44) and DALYs (0.33 vs 0.56), leading to cost savings of $110 per DALY averted. In the incremental analysis, the DTG-based ART dominated the EFV-based ART; that is, it was less costly and more effective. These results were robust to deterministic and probabilistic sensitivity analyses.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>The DTG-based ART is a highly cost-effective strategy compared with the EFV-based ART among women initiating treatment in the third trimester of pregnancy in a low-income setting.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":23497,"journal":{"name":"Value in health regional issues","volume":"44 ","pages":"Article 101017"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141434858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Epidemiology, Treatment Patterns, and Healthcare Resource Utilization Study of Patients With Alopecia Areata in Taiwan’s National Health Insurance Research Database","authors":"Tsen-Fang Tsai MD ,&nbsp;Yao-Hsien Huang MD ,&nbsp;Ching-Yun Wei MSc ,&nbsp;Khai Jing Ng MD ,&nbsp;Rachel S. Newson PhD ,&nbsp;Tzu-Han Hanna Lee PhD ,&nbsp;Dereck Shen MS ,&nbsp;Bruce C.M. Wang PhD ,&nbsp;Chao-Hsiun Tang PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.vhri.2024.101007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vhri.2024.101007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><p>This study investigated the epidemiology, treatment patterns, and resource utilization in patients with alopecia areata (AA) in Taiwan using the National Health Insurance Research Database. AA severity was determined by treatment use and diagnostic codes in the year after enrollment (including corticosteroids, systemic immunosuppressants, topical immunotherapy, and phototherapy).</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>The cross-sectional analysis was conducted to estimate the incidence and prevalence of AA from 2016 to 2020. For the longitudinal analysis, 2 cohorts were identified: mild/moderate and severe. The cohorts were matched based on age, gender, and comorbidities. Patients were enrolled upon their first claim with an AA diagnosis during the index period of 2017-2018.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The number of patients with AA increased from 3221 in 2016 to 3855 in 2020. The longitudinal analysis identified 1808 mild/moderate patients and 452 severe patients. Mild/moderate patients used higher levels of topical corticosteroids (82.41%) than severe patients (73.45%). Conversely, severe patients used more topical nonsteroids (41.81%) and systemic therapies (51.77%) than mild/moderate patients (0.44% and 16.15%, respectively). Oral glucocorticoids use was higher in severe patients (47.57%) relative to mild/moderate patients (14.88%), whereas the use of injectable forms was similar. The most used systemic immunosuppressants were methotrexate, cyclosporin, and azathioprine. Topical immunotherapy utilization decreased with subsequent treatment lines for severe patients. Treatment persistence at 6 months was low for all treatments. Severe patients had higher annual AA-related outpatient visits than the mild/moderate cohort.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>These findings highlight the need for additional innovations and therapies to address the clinical and economic burden of AA.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":23497,"journal":{"name":"Value in health regional issues","volume":"43 ","pages":"Article 101007"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212109924000402/pdfft?md5=816519282c8517dbf2e7df9a12dfccd3&pid=1-s2.0-S2212109924000402-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141302928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluation of the Concept of Value-Based Healthcare Applied to an Integrated Palliative Care Program in Colombia","authors":"Gabriela Sarmiento MD ,&nbsp;Johana Benavides MSc ,&nbsp;Carlos A. Trujillo PhD ,&nbsp;Nidya P. Velosa MD ,&nbsp;Analhí Palomino MD ,&nbsp;Luisa F. Rodríguez MD ,&nbsp;Marcela A. Erazo MSc ,&nbsp;Adriana J. Ávila Econ","doi":"10.1016/j.vhri.2024.101009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vhri.2024.101009","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>This study aimed to evaluate the “Value-Based Healthcare” concept of an integrated palliative care (PC) program in Bogotá, Colombia, through the measurement of health outcomes and care costs in the last 3 months of life.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>A multicenter, retrospective cohort study that included patients ≥18 years old who died in 2020 due to medical conditions amenable to PC. The measured health outcomes included pain, wellbeing, comfort, quality of life (QOL), and satisfaction. We analyzed the behavior of overall care costs during the last 3 months of the patients’ lives and controlled for the effect of exposure to the program, considering the disease type and insurance coverage, using a linear regression model, nearest-neighbor matching, and sensitivity analysis.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Among patients exposed to the program, the mean pain score was 2.1/10 (± 1.3) and wellbeing was rated at 3.5/10 (± 1.0), comfort at 1.6/24 (± 1.3), QOL at 3.6/5.0 (± 0.17), and satisfaction at 9.3/100 (± 0.15). The positive changes in these scores were greater for patients who remained in the program for over 3 months. Cost reduction was demonstrated in the last 90 days of life, with statistically significant and chronologically progressive savings during the last 30 days of life exceeding 5 million pesos per patient (<em>P</em> &lt; .05).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>This study demonstrated the success of PC in reducing pain, improving wellbeing and QOL, providing comfort, and ensuring high levels of satisfaction. Moreover, PC is an effective value-based healthcare strategy and can significantly enhance the efficiency of healthcare services by reducing end-of-life healthcare costs.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":23497,"journal":{"name":"Value in health regional issues","volume":"43 ","pages":"Article 101009"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141297958","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Consensus-Based Recommendations for the Implementation of Health Technology Assessment in the United Arab Emirates","authors":"Khalid A. Alnaqbi MBBS, MSc ,&nbsp;Amin Mohamed Elshamy PhD ,&nbsp;Nicole Gebran PharmD ,&nbsp;Sahar Fahmy PhD ,&nbsp;Sara Aldallal MSc ,&nbsp;Nada Korra PharmD ,&nbsp;Ahmad Nader Fasseeh PhD ,&nbsp;Zoltán Kaló PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.vhri.2024.101012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vhri.2024.101012","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><p>Healthcare research and development have accelerated at an unprecedented rate creating a challenge even for high-income countries to finance all new technologies. Health technology assessment (HTA) aims to maximize health gains out of available resources. Our study aimed to provide tailor-made recommendations for HTA implementation in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>We conducted a policy survey to explore the gap between the current and preferred future environment of HTA implementation in the UAE. The survey was distributed in 2 workshops discussing the importance of HTA implementation, and results were further aggregated to yield a list of draft recommendations. Recommendations were then assessed for their feasibility in a round table discussion with experts in the field to generate actions for HTA implementation.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Survey results and round table discussion indicated the need to leverage HTA for value-based decision making. Experts confirmed the unmet need for broader coverage of graduate and postgraduate HTA training with the aim of specific PhD programs in the UAE. Public funding for HTA appraisals and expanding the scope of HTA to nonpharmaceuticals was recommended. Furthermore, experts recommended that several HTA bodies should be coordinated centrally and highlighted the importance of having an explicit soft cost-effectiveness threshold for common technologies and a higher threshold for orphan drugs.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Although HTA in the UAE is still in its early stages, strong initiatives are being taken for its implementation. Our survey results served as a step in developing a detailed action plan for HTA implementation that will enhance the sustainability of the healthcare system.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":23497,"journal":{"name":"Value in health regional issues","volume":"43 ","pages":"Article 101012"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212109924000451/pdfft?md5=edd4ad7c7632fe0e9000228ec749b451&pid=1-s2.0-S2212109924000451-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141297833","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Patient Preferences for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Care in South Africa: A Discrete Choice Experiment","authors":"Kalin Werner PhD ,&nbsp;Willem Stassen PhD ,&nbsp;Elzarie Theron MA ,&nbsp;Lee A. Wallis PhD ,&nbsp;Tracy K. Lin PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.vhri.2024.101006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vhri.2024.101006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>This study examined the trade-offs low-resource setting community members were willing to make in regard to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest care using a discrete choice experiment survey.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>We administered a discrete choice experiment survey to a sample of community members 18 years or older across South Africa between April and May 2022. Participants were presented with 18 paired choice tasks comprised of 5 attributes (distance to closest adequate facility, provider of care, response time, chances of survival, and transport cost) and a range of 3 to 5 levels. We used mixed logit models to evaluate respondents’ preferences for selected attributes.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Analyses were based on 2228 responses and 40 104 choice tasks. Patients valued care with the shortest response time, delivered by the highest qualified individuals, which placed them within the shortest distance of an adequate facility, gave them the highest chance of survival, and costed the least. In addition, patients preferred care delivered by their family members over care delivered by the lay public. The highest mean willingness-to-pay for increased survival is 11 699 South African rand (ZAR), followed by distance to health facility (8108 ZAR), and response time (5678 ZAR), and the lowest for increasing specialization of provider (1287 ZAR).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>In low-resource settings, it may align with patients’ preference to include targeted resuscitation training for family members of individuals with high-risk for cardiac arrest as a part of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest intervention strategies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":23497,"journal":{"name":"Value in health regional issues","volume":"43 ","pages":"Article 101006"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212109924000396/pdfft?md5=908de7dd839dad11e6a6c014a052c2f4&pid=1-s2.0-S2212109924000396-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141294851","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Hospital Healthcare Resource Utilization and Associated Hospital Costs of Patients With Lupus Nephritis in China: A National Administrative Claim Database Study","authors":"Xin He PhD ,&nbsp;Xiaochen Zhu MS ,&nbsp;Zhiliu Tang PhD ,&nbsp;Kerry Gairy MSc ,&nbsp;Patricia Juliao Ph.D ,&nbsp;Zongxi Wu BSc ,&nbsp;Sheng Han PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.vhri.2024.101001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vhri.2024.101001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><p>Assess hospital healthcare resource utilization (HCRU) and associated hospital costs of patients with lupus nephritis (LN) in China and compare these outcomes with a systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) cohort (SLE with/without LN) as well as exploring the effect of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD).</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>This retrospective administrative claims-based analysis identified patients with SLE and SLE with LN from China using diagnosis codes and keywords. Patients with LN were subcategorized by presence of ESKD. Outcomes included all-cause and disease-specific HCRU (defined as healthcare visits including inpatient and outpatient visits) and medical costs (in 2022 US dollars).</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>In total, 3645 patients with SLE were included, of whom 404 (11%) had LN. Among those with LN, 142 (35%) had ESKD. Median (interquartile range) all-cause healthcare visits per patient per month (PPPM) was significantly greater for patients with LN (2.08 [4.01]) vs SLE (0.92 [1.64]; <em>P</em> &lt; .0001). Patients with LN and ESKD (3.00 [4.18]) had numerically more all-cause healthcare visits PPPM compared with LN patients without ESKD (1.50 [3.45]). Median all-cause costs PPPM were significantly greater among patients with LN ($287.46 [477.15]) vs SLE ($113.09 [267.39]; <em>P</em> &lt; .0001) and numerically higher for patients with LN and ESKD ($466.29 [958.90]) vs LN without ESKD ($223.50 [319.56]).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Chinese patients with LN had greater HCRU and hospital healthcare costs compared with the general SLE cohort. This burden was higher for those with ESKD. These data highlight the substantial HCRU among patients with LN in China, especially those with ESKD, suggesting the need for early diagnosis and timely management of LN to mitigate the economic burden.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":23497,"journal":{"name":"Value in health regional issues","volume":"43 ","pages":"Article 101001"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141291991","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cost-Effectiveness of Increasing Access to Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis: Analysis From Thailand","authors":"Peeradon Wongseree MD ,&nbsp;Zeynep Hasgul MSc ,&nbsp;Mohammad S. Jalali PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.vhri.2024.101010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vhri.2024.101010","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><p>The purpose of this study is to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of increasing access to colorectal cancer (CRC) diagnosis, considering resource limitations in Thailand.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>We analyzed the cost-effectiveness of increasing access to fecal immunochemical test screening (strategy I), symptom evaluation (strategy II), and their combination through healthcare and societal perspectives using Colo-Sim, a simulation model of CRC care. We extended our analysis by adding a risk-stratification score (RS) to the strategies. We analyzed all strategies under the currently limited annual colonoscopy capacity and sufficient capacity. We estimated quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) and costs over 2023 to 2047 and performed sensitivity analyses.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Annual costs for CRC care will increase over 25 years in Thailand, resulting in a cumulative cost of 323B Thai baht (THB). Each strategy results in higher QALYs gained and additional costs. With the current colonoscopy capacity and willingness-to-pay threshold of 160 000 THB, strategy I with and without RS is not cost-effective. Strategy II + RS is the most cost-effective, resulting in 0.68 million QALYs gained with additional costs of 66B THB. Under sufficient colonoscopy capacity, all strategies are deemed cost-effective, with the combined approach (strategy I + II + RS) being the most favorable, achieving the highest QALYs (1.55 million) at an additional cost of 131 billion THB. This strategy also maintains the highest probability of being cost-effective at any willingness-to-pay threshold above 96 000 THB.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>In Thailand, fecal immunochemical test screening, symptom evaluation, and RS use can achieve the highest QALYs; however, boosting colonoscopy capacity is essential for cost-effectiveness.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":23497,"journal":{"name":"Value in health regional issues","volume":"43 ","pages":"Article 101010"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141286193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Simplified Chronic Hepatitis B Antiviral Initiation Criteria in Thailand: An Economic Evaluation","authors":"Piyameth Dilokthornsakul PharmD, PhD ,&nbsp;Ratree Sawangjit PhD ,&nbsp;Pisit Tangkijvanich MD ,&nbsp;Maneerat Chayanupatkul MD ,&nbsp;Unchalee Permsuwan PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.vhri.2024.101011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vhri.2024.101011","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><p>Criteria for antiviral treatment initiation in Thailand were complex and difficult to implement. This study determined the cost-effectiveness of 2 simplified antiviral treatment initiation criteria among patients with chronic hepatitis B in Thailand.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>A hybrid model of the decision tree and Markov model was developed. Two simplified antiviral treatment initiation criteria were the expanded criteria, treating patients with hepatitis B surface antigen positive and viral load (hepatitis B virus deoxyribonucleic acid) &gt;2000 IU/mL or cirrhosis by tenofovir alafenamide (TAF), and the test-and-treat criteria, treating patients with hepatitis B surface antigen positive and viral load &gt;10 IU/mL or cirrhosis by TAF. PubMed was searched from its inception to July 2023 to identify input parameters. Best supportive care was chosen for patients who were ineligible for TAF. Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio per quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) was calculated.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The expanded criteria and the test-and-treat could reduce the occurrence of patients progressing to hepatocellular carcinoma. In particular, both criteria could reduce 4846 new cases of hepatocellular carcinoma per 100 000 patients. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratios for the expanded criteria and the test-and-treat criteria were 24 838 Thai baht (THB)/QALY and 163 060 THB/QALY, respectively.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>At the current willingness to pay of 160 000 THB/QALY, the expanded criteria were cost-effective, but the test-and-treat criteria were not cost-effective to be the simplified antiviral treatment initiation criteria for patients with chronic hepatitis B in Thailand.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":23497,"journal":{"name":"Value in health regional issues","volume":"43 ","pages":"Article 101011"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141286194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Societal Preferences for Subsidizing Treatments Targeting Patients With Advanced Illness: A Discrete Choice Experiment","authors":"Drishti Baid BSocSci ,&nbsp;Darius N. Lakdawalla PhD ,&nbsp;Eric A. Finkelstein PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.vhri.2024.101003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vhri.2024.101003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><p>Cost-effectiveness analyses are increasingly used to inform subvention decisions for moderately life extending treatments but apply several simplifying assumptions that may be inconsistent with public preferences. Contrary to standard assumptions, we hypothesize that societal willingness to allocate public funding toward these treatments is (1) diminishing for incremental improvements in survival and quality of life (QoL) and (2) greater for subvention policies that exclude the oldest old (&gt;80 years).</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>We tested these hypotheses using a web-based discrete choice experiment (<em>n</em> = 425) in Singapore. In each of 5 questions, respondents were shown 2 hypothetical treatments targeting patients with an expected prognosis of 2 months at very poor QoL and asked which treatment they wanted the government to subsidize, if any. Treatments were defined by 4 attributes: cost to the government, age of beneficiaries, expected gain in survival (2-12 months), and QoL (poor, fair, and good).</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Latent class models were used to analyze results. Results revealed 2 classes. In the majority class (69.7% of sample), respondents value incremental gains in survival and QoL at a diminishing rate. Their willingness to allocate public funding estimates (Singapore dollars 16 825-91 027 per patient per month) were much higher than traditional cost-effectiveness thresholds. In the second class, respondents were unwilling to subsidize treatments offering less than 2 months of life extension or poor QoL. Neither class preferred subvention policies that exclude the oldest old.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>These findings suggest that the Singapore government should consider cost-effectiveness thresholds that rise with increases in life extension. Age-based restrictions should not be imposed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":23497,"journal":{"name":"Value in health regional issues","volume":"43 ","pages":"Article 101003"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141244999","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Long-Term Cost-Effectiveness of Continuous Glucose Monitoring Versus Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose in Adults With Type 1 Diabetes in Iran","authors":"Mohsen Choband Molaee PharmD ,&nbsp;Zahra Gharib Naseri PharmD, PhD ,&nbsp;Masoud Ali Karami PharmD, PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.vhri.2024.101002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.vhri.2024.101002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><p>This study aimed to determine long-term cost-effectiveness of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology versus self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) in adults with type 1 diabetes (T1D) using multiple daily injections in Iran.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>According to available data, the long-term costs and clinical outcomes of CGM and SMBG were estimated using the Sheffield Type 1 Diabetes Model, with a lifetime horizon from a payer’s perspective. The primary outcome was the cost per quality-adjusted life year (QALY) gained.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The lifetime cost-effectiveness analysis demonstrated that on average, the use of CGM increased life expectancy by 1.32 years and QALYs by 1.63, compared with SMBG. The CGM group had an average discounted total cost of $40 093 US dollars, whereas the SMBG group had an average discounted total cost of $13 366. This resulted in an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) of $16 386 per QALY gained, which is less than the threshold of 3 times the gross domestic product (GDP) per capita of Iran ($24 561).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Considering 3 times the GDP per capita as the threshold, CGM is likely to be cost-effective in Iran. However, for CGM to be very cost-effective (ie, have an ICER less than 1 times the GDP per capita) and presumably more accessible, the price of CGM should decrease to $40 per sensor, each with a lifespan of 14 days.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":23497,"journal":{"name":"Value in health regional issues","volume":"43 ","pages":"Article 101002"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141184738","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}