The interventions modeled in this paper have cost effectiveness ratios ranging from US $5 to $5566 per DALY averted depending on region.
While the other four measures, including isolation and wearing of a surgical mask or an N95 mask, had cost effectiveness concerns and would be difficult to implement over long periods of time [ 14, 15].
Likewise, other clinical services such as antidepressants and some interventions for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease have cost effectiveness ratios that are well below the threshold of GDP per capita for each DALY averted.
Although realistically the threshold ratio may need to be much lower for the intervention to be affordable, we considered strategies that had cost-effectiveness ratios lower than the per capita GDP in India (I$3452) (World Bank) to be cost-effective.
Banding surgery had cost-effectiveness ratios of $11,000/QALY and $13,000/QALY for the respective groups.
In each of our main analyses, bariatric surgery had cost-effectiveness ratios between $7,000 and $13,000/QALY.
Differences among antipsychotics on efficacy, safety, tolerability, adherence, and cost have cost-effectiveness implications for treating schizophrenia.
Six studies evaluated a form of cost analyses (eg, total cost, physician cost, prescription cost), and three had cost-effectiveness (or cost-utility) analyses defined as an endpoint.
In comparison, articles that had cost-effectiveness as the primary objective were more comprehensive in their reporting.
17 18 Pharmacological agents that have cost-effectiveness evidence include ACE inhibitors (ACEIs), digoxin and β-blockers such as carvedilol and nebivolol.
