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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Nov 19.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet. 2007 Mar 24;369(9566):1000–1015. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60460-7

Table 7.

Incremental cost-effectiveness ratios—cost per seizure avoided

Cost (£) Seizures Incremental
cost (£)
Incremental
seizures avoided
Incremental cost-effectiveness
ratio (£/seizure avoided)
Comparison excluding oxcarbazepine
Carbamazepine 1266 52·6   ..   ..  ..
Topiramate 2008 63·1 742 −10·5 Dominated
Lamotrigine 2134 41·7 126  21·4 80
Gabapentin 2494 69·8 360 −28·1 Dominated
Comparison including oxcarbazepine
Carbamazepine 1151 50·9   ..   ..  ..
Oxcarbazepine 1815 32·0 664  18·9 35
Lamotrigine 1946 50·9 131 −18·9 Dominated
Topiramate 2059 59·4 113  −8·5 Dominated
Gabapentin 2594 85·3 535 −25·9 Dominated