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. 2022 May 7;14(5):1009. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14051009

Table 2.

Summary of the economic outcomes of each study per year.

Study Authors, Year Total Cost Cost Savings Average Cost Savings per Patient QALY ICER
ST1 Yao et al., 2021 [36] PA: USD 110,851.18 (EUR 94,223.50)
RA: USD 111,508.01 (EUR 94,781.81)
PA: USD 656.83 (EUR 558.31) compared to RA PA: EUR 0.06 compared to RA PA: 0.81
RA: 0.74
RA-PA: Dominated by PA
ST2 Negoescu et al., 2020 [37] PA: USD 16,585.42 (EUR 14,926.88)
RA: USD 15,847.69 (EUR 14,262.92)
ES: USD 15,853.68 (EUR 14,268.31)
RA: USD 737.73 (EUR 663.96) compared to PA and USD 5.99 (EUR 5.39) compared to ES NA PA: 0.74
RA: 0.73
ES: 0.73
RA-PA: USD 146,509.12 (EUR 131,858.21)
ES-RA: Dominated by RA
ST3 Attar et al., 2019 [38] PA: EUR 186,635,650
ES: EUR 201,879,000
PA: EUR 15,243,350 compared to ES PA: EUR 0.76 compared to ES NA NA
ST4 Freeman et al., 2016 [39] PA: GBP 13,980 (EUR 18,174)
ES: GBP 15,050 (EUR 19,565)
PA: GBP 1070 (EUR 1391) compared to ES NA PA: 0.63
ES: 0.65
ES-PA: GBP 43,727.01 (EUR 56,845.12)
ST5 Roblin et al., 2015 [40] NA RA: EUR 26,260,058.60 compared to ES NA NA NA
ST6 Velayos et al., 2013 [41] RA: USD 31,870 (EUR 23,902.5)
ES: USD 37,266 (EUR 27,949.5)
RA: USD 5396 (EUR 4047) compared to ES NA RA: 0.80
ES: 0.80
ES-RA: Dominated by RA
ST7 Wu et al., 2021 [42] NA PA: AUD 304,916.95 (EUR 196,394.48) compared to RA NA NA NA
ST8 Ganesnanthan et al., 2020 [43] NA PA: GBP 56,865 (EUR 62,551) compared to ES
PA post-induction: GBP 51,595 (EUR 56,754.50) compared to ES
RA: GBP 27,081.85 (EUR 29,790.04) compared to ES
NA NA NA
ST9 Guidi et al., 2018 [44] RA: EUR 3,230,810.44
ES: EUR 3,788,285.67
RA: EUR 557,475.23 compared to ES RA: EUR 39,197.38 compared to ES NA NA
ST10 Taks et al., 2017 [45] NA PA: EUR 47,026 compared to RA NA NA NA
ST11 Vande Castelee et al., 2015 [46] PA: EUR 5,201,473
ES: EUR 5,276,773
PA: EUR 75,300 compared to ES PA: EUR 300 compared to ES PA: 0.82
ES: 0.84
ES-PA: EUR 3,901,554.40
ST12 Steenholdt et al., 2015 [47] RA: USD 22,066 (EUR 17,652.80)
ES: USD 29,072 (EUR 23,257.60)
RA: USD 7006 (EUR 5604.8) compared to ES RA: EUR 111.11 compared to ES NA NA
ST13 Steenholdt et al., 2014 [48] RA: USD 26,164.67 (EUR 19,623.5)
ES: USD 39,771.33 (EUR 29,828.5)
RA: USD 13,606.67 (EUR 10,205) compared to ES RA: EUR 233.92 compared to ES NA NA

QALY: quality-adjusted life-years; ICER: incremental cost-effectiveness ratio; PA: proactive TDM; RA: reactive TDM; ES: empirical strategy; NA: not available; USD: United States Dollars; AUD: Australian dollars.