Raising awareness is likely to compare favourably in cost-effectiveness terms, and may have a more prolonged effect than a further round of screening.
In regions characterised by high income, low mortality and high existing treatment coverage, the addition of screening to the current high treatment levels is very cost-effective, although no particular intervention stands out in cost-effectiveness terms relative to the others.
The graphical results presented in Figure 1 relate to China and demonstrate that, even after allowing for this variability, the average cost-effectiveness ratios of interventions for ASA + consumer education do not overlap appreciably with other interventions, confirming its clear superiority in cost-effectiveness terms.
Indeed, in cost-effectiveness terms, the declining number of additional individuals cured as annual MDA proceeds compared to the increasing marginal cost of curing these individuals from the additional cycles of MDA suggests that maximal benefits may occur at less than 100% parasite control or parasite elimination.
In cost-effectiveness terms, the probability of making the wrong decision by recommending nab-paclitaxel instead of conventional paclitaxel is given by the complement of the probability of being cost-effective.
Fitzmaurice et al [ 25] studied the cost-effectiveness of systematic screening versus the performance of ECG, and they concluded that blood pulse measuring is the best practice in cost-effectiveness terms; finally, they suggested the need for further studies assessing the efficacy of early screening for AF versus regular clinical practice.
In the likely event that the price of RDTs becomes lower or prescriber adherence to negative RDT results becomes higher than reported in this study then the relative desirability in cost-effectiveness terms of RDT diagnosis over presumptive diagnosis would improve.
With regard to the 2014 budget, the troika still has doubts about the effectiveness, in terms of revenue raising, of the unified property tax.
Avro's research has shown effectiveness in terms of relieving seasonal allergies.
Of course, effectiveness in terms of educational outcomes will always be one criterion.
