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. 2021 May 24;9:659492. doi: 10.3389/fped.2021.659492

Table 3.

CEA for CAH-NBS in Brazil during the year of 2017.

Decision model on a hypothetic population Base case Best case Worst case
Yearly live-births (N) 2,923,535 2,923,535 2,923,535
Yearly CAH affected newborns (N) 239 292 195
SW newborns (N) 179 219 146
SV newborns (N) 60 73 49
SCREENING STRATEGY
SW form
Clinical recognition (N) 64 35 80
Costs (A + B) (US$) 1,594.24 871.85 1,992.80
Deaths (N) 0 0 0
Hospitalizations (N) 0 0 0
Total costs (US$) 1,594.24 871.85 1,992.80
No clinical recognition (N) 115 184 66
Costs (A + B) (US$) 2,864.65 4,583.44 1,644.06
Deaths (N) 0 0 0
Hospitalizations (N) 67 107 38
ICU (N) 20 32 11
ICU length (days) 9 9 9
Hospitalizations costs (US$) 32,805.60 52,474.80 18,124.50
Total costs (US$) 35,670.25 57,058.24 19,768.56
SV form
Costs (2A + B) (US$) 1,641.60 1,997.28 1,340.64
Deaths 0 0 0
Late adverse outcomes (N) 0 0 0
Total costs (US$) 1,641.60 1,997.28 1,340.64
Non-affected (N) 2,923,296 2,923,243 2,923,340
True negatives (N) 2,917,449 2,920,320 2,908,723
Costs (A) (US$) 7,147,750.05 7,154,784.00 7,126,371.35
False positives (N) 5,847 2,923 14,617
High risk (N) 1,462 731 3,654
Confirmatory true negative (N) 1,345 673 3,362
Costs (A + B) (US$) 33,503.95 16,764.43 83,747.42
Confirmatory false positive (N) 117 58 292
Costs (A + 2B) (US$) 5,542.29 2,747.46 13,832.04
Low risk (N) 4,385 2,192 10,963
Retest true negative (N) 4,363 2,181 10,908
Costs (2A) (US$) 21,378.70 10,686.90 53,449.20
Retest false positive (N) 22 11 55
Costs (2A + B) (US$) 601.92 300.96 1,504.80
Total cost of screening strategy (US$) 7,247,683.00 7,245,211.12 7,302,006.81
Deaths (N) 0 0 0
NON-SCREENING STRATEGY
SW form
Clinical recognition (N) 64 35 80
Deaths (N) 0 0 0
Hospitalizations (N) 0 0 0
Diagnostic lab (US$) 963.20 526.75 1,204.00
Total costs (US$) 963.20 526.75 1,204.00
No clinical recognition (N) 115 184 66
Deaths (N) 9 20 3
Hospitalizations (N) 96 149 57
ICU (N) 35 54 21
ICU length (days) 23 23 23
Hospitalization costs (US$) 132,296.30 204,177.00 79,335.30
Dehydration without hospitalization (cost of lab exams) (US$) 150.05 225.75 90.30
Total costs (US$) 132,446.80 204,402.75 79,425.60
SV form
Clinical recognition (N) 17 8 22
Costs with lab diagnostic (US$) 255.85 120.40 331.10
No clinical recognition (N) 43 65 27
Number of 46XX reared as males (N) 3 5 2
Masculinization process (US$) 5,718.57 9,530.95 3,812.38
Number of patients with GH treatment (N) 6 9 4
Use of GH cost (US$) 117,047.03 175,570.55 78,031.35
Number of patients with GnRh treatment (N) 12 18 8
Use of GnRha cost 49,932.00 74,898.00 33,288.00
Costs with lab diagnostic (US$) 647.15 978.25 406.35
Total costs (US$) 174,160.23 260,977.75 115,538.08
Total cost of non-screening strategy (US$) 307,010.60 466,027.65 196,498.78
Deaths (N) 9 20 3
Incremental cost of screening (US$) 6,940,672.40 6,779,183.47 7,105,508.03
Deaths averted (N) 9 20 3
Incremental cost per death averted (US$) 771,185.82 338,959.17 2,368,502.68
Incremental cost per life years saved (US$) 25,535.95 11,223.81 78,427.24

SW, salt-wasting form; SV, simple virilizing form; LY, years of life saved; N, number; US$, American dollar.