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. 2024 Feb 15;41(4):1419–1435. doi: 10.1007/s12325-024-02798-w

Table 2.

Results

Standard of practice Nirsevimab Change (%)
Health events
 Inpatient hospitalizations (incl. PICU and MV) 17,179*–19,607 7330*–8128 9849 (57)*–11,479 (59)
 PICU (incl. MV) 2932*–3675 1251*–1523 1681 (57)*–2151 (59)
 MV 172*–525 73*–217 98 (57)*–307 (59)
 ER visits 57,654–191,115* 27,100–88,748* 30,554 (53)–102,367 (54)*
 PC visits 219,083–219,970* 102,147*–102,719 116,364 (53)–117,823 (54)*
 RSV-related mortality 14*–14 7*–7 8 (53)*–8 (53)
 Recurrent wheezing 12,884*–14,705 5498*–6096 7386 (57)*–8609 (59)
Costs
 Inpatient hospitalizations SAR 94,726,973*–105,929,818 SAR 40,420,233*–43,912,600 SAR 54,306,740 (57)*–62,017,217 (59)
 PICU SAR 174,070,120*–198,670,409 SAR 74,276,150*–82,357,682 SAR 99,793,970 (57)*–116,312,726 (59)
 MV SAR 11,662,796*–35,614,793 SAR 4,976,544*–14,763,909 SAR 6,686,252 (57)*–20,850,884 (59)
 ER visits SAR 86,480,896–286,672,815* SAR 40,650,224–133,122,187* SAR 45,830,672 (53)–153,550,628 (54)*
 PC visits SAR 39,434,984–39,594,586* SAR 18,386,470*–18,489,444 SAR 20,945,540 (53)–21,208,116 (54)*
 Recurrent wheezing SAR 12,455,582*–14,215,854 SAR 5,314,827*–5,893,101 SAR 7,140,754 (57)*–8,322,753 (59)
Total hospitalization cost (incl. PICU and MV) SAR 280,459,889*–340,215,019 SAR 119,672,927*–141,034,192 SAR 160,786,962 (57)*–199,180,828 (59)
Total MA-LRTD cost (hospitalization, ER and PC visits) SAR 466,130,899–606,727,290* SAR 200,173,860–271,181,584* SAR 265,957,040 (57)–335,545,706 (55)*
Total healthcare cost SAR 480,346,754–619,182,871* SAR 206,066,961–276,496,411* SAR 274,279,793 (57)–342,686,460 (55)*

ER emergency room, MA-LRTD medically attended lower respiratory tract disease, MV mechanical ventilation, PC primary care, PICU pediatric intensive care unit, SoP standard of practice

*Denotes results estimated using inputs based on local expert opinion