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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Dec 3.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Intern Med. 2019 Oct 29;171(11):785–795. doi: 10.7326/M18-1480

Table 2.

Health and Economic Outcomes

Time Horizon Base Case
SGA CBT CBT vs. SGA (95% CI)
1 y
 Costs, $
  Health care sector 8100 9000 900 (500 to 1400)
  Societal 14 600 16 100 1500 (500 to 2500)
 Quality-adjusted survival, QALYs 0.708 0.715 0.008 (−0.013 to 0.025)
 ICER, $/QALY
  Health care sector 119 000
  Societal 186 000
 NMB, $
  Health care sector −200 (−2400 to 1600)
  Societal −700 (−3400 to 1600)
5 y
 Costs, $
  Health care sector 57 200 55 400 −1800 (−6800 to 3800)
  Societal 90 100 87 600 −2500 (−10 400 to 6200)
 Quality-adjusted survival, QALYs 3.238 3.293 0.055 (−0.044 to 0.160)
 ICER, $/QALY
  Health care sector Cost saving
  Societal Cost saving
 NMB, $
  Health care sector 7300 (−8100 to 21 700)
  Societal 8000 (−10 400 to 25 300)

CBT = cognitive behavioral therapy; ICER = incremental cost-effectiveness ratio; NMB = net monetary benefit; QALY = quality-adjusted life-year; SGA = second-generation antidepressant.