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Table 2.

Base Case Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Three Strategies For Safely Reducing Antibiotic Use in the Ambulatory Management of Patients Aged 13–64 Years Presenting with Acute Bronchitis

Strategy	Cost^a	Incr. Cost	Effectiveness^b	Incr. Effectiveness^c	ICER^d
Printed Decision Support	$2,574		3.78
Usual Care	$2,768	$194	4.60	−0.82	Dominated^e
Computer Decision Support	$2,802	$34	3.94	−0.16	Dominated^e

^aCumulative 5-year societal cost per five cases of acute bronchitis

^bCumulative 5-year number of antibiotic prescriptions per five cases of acute bronchitis

^cIncremental effectiveness; represents the incremental number of antibiotic prescriptions safely avoided

^dIncremental cost-effectiveness ratio; represents the incremental societal cost per antibiotic prescription safely avoided

^eDominated: other strategies are more effective and less costly (i.e., Printed Decision Support)