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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2018 Feb 21;185:411–420. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.11.031

Table 2.

Base Case and Scenario Analyses Results

Strategy Total cost
per
person
($)
Total
QALY per
person
Incremental
cost per
person ($)
Incremental
QALY per
person
Incremental
cost-effectiveness
ratio ($/QALY)
Base Case Scenario: 3 linkage models
Base Case Results
No Intervention 129, 800 6.922 --- --- ---
Control Strategy 139, 900 7.299 10, 100 0.377 dominated
Intervention 147, 200 7.627 7, 300 0.328 24, 600
Quality of Life Minimum Estimator Scenario
No Intervention 129, 800 7.310 --- --- ---
Control Strategy 139, 900 7.602 10, 100 0.293 dominated
Intervention 147, 200 7.852 7, 300 0.250 29,200
Early Stage Disease Treatment Restriction Scenarioa
No Intervention 129,300 6.912 --- --- ---
Control Strategy 138, 900 7.264 9,600 0.352 dominated
Intervention 145, 600 7.569 6, 700 0.305 24,800
Scenario Analysis: 4 linkage models
Base Case Results
No Intervention 129, 800 6.923 --- --- ---
Control Strategy 139, 900 7.299 10, 100 0.377 dominated
HCV Only Strategy 146,900 7.624 7, 000 0.324 24, 400
Intervention 147,200 7.627 300 0.003 76,500
Quality of Life Minimum Estimator Scenario
No Intervention 129, 800 7.310 --- --- ---
Control Strategy 139, 900 7.602 10, 100 0.292 dominated
HCV Only Strategy 146,900 7.849 7, 000 0.247 31,700
Intervention 147,200 7.852 300 0.003 88,300
Early Stage Disease Treatment Restriction Scenarioa
No Intervention 129, 300 6.912 --- --- ---
Control Strategy 138, 800 7.264 9,500 0.352 dominated
HCV Only Strategy 145, 300 7.565 6,500 0.302 24,500
Intervention 145, 600 7.569 300 0.003 81,000

QALY = Quality-Adjusted Life Year

Note: all costs are in 2015 US dollars.

a

Early treatment restriction represents delaying access to HCV treatment medication until developing cirrhosis (F3 metavir liver staging)