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. 2012 Jul 20;13(5):663–676. doi: 10.1007/s10198-012-0413-8

Table 6.

Base case results of various scenarios: costs, quality adjusted life years (QALYs) gained, incremental QALYs, incremental costs and incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs)

Treatment NH* Lam Lam + ADV Lam + TDF
HBeAg status + + + +
CHB (no cirrhosis)
 Cumulative costs (×1,000 TL (€)) 25.7 (12.8) 48.2 (23.9) 31.6 (15.7) 72.6 (36.1) 73.4 (36.5) 168.5 (83.8) 54.7 (27.2) 122.5 (60.9)
 Cumulative QALYs 14.0 9.3 14.5 9.9 17.0 13.0 17.5 13.8
 Incremental costs (×1,000 TL (€))a 5.8 (2.9) 24.4 (12.1) 41.9 (20.8) 120.3 (59.9) 23.2 (11.5) 74.4 (37.0)
 Incremental QALYsb 0.5 0.6 3.0 3.7 3.5 4.5
 ICER (×1,000 TL (€)/QALY) 11.2 (5.5) 38.3 (19.0) 13.9 (6.9) 32.1 (16.0) 6.6 (3.2) 16.3 (8.1)
Cirrhosis
 Cumulative costs (×1,000 TL (€)) 104.9 (52.2) 93.9 (46.7) 128.1 (63.7) 117.2 (20.1) 205.5 (102.2) 180.0 (89.6) 160.6 (79.9) 154.6 (76.9)
 Cumulative QALYs 6.2 6.2 8.1 7.4 13.2 12.9 13.7 13.5
 Incremental costs (×1,000 TL (€))a 23.3 (11.6) 23.2 (11.6) 100.7 (50.0) 86.1 (42.8) 55.8 (27.5) 60.6 (30.1)
 Incremental QALYsb 1.9 1.2 7 6.7 7.5 7.3
 ICER (×1,000 TL (€)/QALY) 12.5 (6.2) 20.1 (10.0) 14.5 (7.2) 12.9 (6.4) 7.5 (3.7) 8.3 (4.1)
Treatment Peg INF + TDF ETV TDF Roadmap
HBeAg status + + +
CHB (no cirrhosis)
 Cumulative costs (×1,000 TL (€)) 58.7 (29.2) 161.0 (80.1) 46.0 (22.9) 218.0 (108.5) 34.8 (17.3) 165.9 (82.5) 94.8 (47.1)
 Cumulative QALYs 17.5 14.9 18.8 16.6 19.0 16.8 12.2
 Incremental costs (×1,000 TL (€))a 27.1 (13.5) 112.9 (56.2) 14.4 (7.2) 169.9 (84.5) 3.2 (1.6) 117.7 (58.5) 46.6 (23.2)
 Incremental QALYsb 3.5 5.6 4.8 7.3 5.0 7.6 2.9
 ICER (×1,000 TL (€)/QALY) 7.8 (3.9) 20.0 (9.9) 3.0 (1.5) 23.2 (11.6) 0.6 (0.3) 15.6 (7.8) 15.6 (7.9)
Cirrhosis
 Cumulative costs (×1,000 TL (€)) 162.9 (81.0) 168.2 (83.7) 218.5 (108.7) 220.8 (109.8) 163.5 (81.3) 163.1 (81.2)
 Cumulative QALYs 14.6 14.3 16.9 16.5 17.2 16.7
 Incremental costs (×1,000 TL (€))a 58.1 (28.9) 74.2 (36.9) 113.6 (56.5) 126.8 (63.1) 58.6 (29.2) 69.1 (34.4)
 Incremental QALYsb 8.4 8.0 10.7 10.3 11.0 10.5
 ICER (×1,000 TL (€)/QALY) 6.9 (3.4) 9.2 (4.6) 10.7 (5.3) 12.3 (6.1) 5.3 (2.6) 6.6 (3.3)

NH natural history, Lam lamivudine, Lam + ADV adefovir salvage therapy, Peg_IFN + TDF pegylated interferon followed by tenofovir, ETV entecavir, TDF tenofovir

* “NH (no treatment)” was the baseline strategy compared with other treatment strategies

aDifference in costs over NH

bDifference in healthy years over NH