Table 3.
Results of cost effectiveness analysis
|
Cost($) |
Incremental cost (95%CI)** |
Effectiveness (QALD) |
Incremental effectiveness (95%CI) |
ICER($/QALY) (95%CI)** |
|
| Gargling | |||||
| Cost of gargling | 80.4 | 62.6 | |||
| Cost of URTI | 24.9 | -25.5 | |||
| Total | 105.3 |
37.1 (7.4–65.4) |
59.52 |
0.43 (0.07–0.80) |
31,800 (1,877–248,095) |
| Control | |||||
| Cost of gargling | 17.8 | ||||
| Cost of URTI | 50.4 | ||||
| Total | 68.2 | 59.10 | |||
QALD = quality adjusted life days.
ICER = incremental cost-effectiveness ratio.
**95% confidence intervals calculated by the bootstrap method.