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. 2019 Dec 4;21(3):475. doi: 10.1007/s10198-019-01137-z

Correction to: Cost–consequence analysis of fluticasone furoate/vilanterol for asthma management in Spain: an analysis based on the Salford Lung Study in asthma

Laura Amanda Vallejo-Aparicio 1,, Jesús Molina 2, Iñigo Ojanguren 3,4, Ana Viejo Casas 5, Alicia Huerta 1, Henrik Svedsater 6
PMCID: PMC7645471  PMID: 31802285

Correction to: The European Journal of Health Economics 10.1007/s10198-019-01101-x

In the published article, the Table 1 was published incorrectly.

The correct Table 1 is given below

Variables FF/VI
184/22 mcg and 92/22 mcg
UC group
Monthly drug costs [17, 21] €51.52a

ICS = €18.75b

ICS/LABA = €48.25b

Annual drug costs (€, 2018) €627.26 €557.31
Asthma management direct annual costs (€, 2018)c [19, 20]
 Uncontrolled (ACT score ≤ 15) €1919.01
 Partially controlled (ACT score 16–19) €1015.61
 Well-controlled (ACT score ≥ 20) €656.90
 Assumed proportion of days covered,  % 100 100
 Assumed current uptake,  % 10 90
 Assumed new uptake,  % 20 80
Percentage of subjects in each ACT category (ITT population, n = 4233) [18]
 Baseline
  Uncontrolled 41% 41%
  Partially controlled 31% 31%
  Well-controlled 28% 28%
 24 weeks
  Uncontrolled 20% 29%
  Partially controlled 20% 25%
  Well-controlled 60% 46%
 52 weeks
  Uncontrolled 21% 30%
  Partially controlled 20% 26%
  Well-controlled 59% 44%

FF/VI fluticasone furoate/vilanterol, ICS inhaled corticosteroid, ICS/LABA inhaled corticosteroid/long-acting beta-agonist, ACT Asthma Control Test, ITT intention-to-treat

aPrice to Public plus VAT of FF/VI 184/22 and 92/22 mcg

bUC cost calculated as a weighted average drug cost of all available presentations at Price to Public plus VAT

cCosts annualised at updated to 2018


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