The results of the current study provide additional real-world evidence, and suggest that the use of rivaroxaban may be cost-saving or cost-neutral as compared to warfarin.
Contrary to commonly held assumptions, quality improvement efforts, especially those focused on safety, may not be cost-saving, possibly because of the fixed costs of a typical healthcare setting; QI may generate additional capacity rather than savings.
These evaluations have shown that influenza vaccination of children is cost-effective and may even be cost-saving [ 38, 39].
Metformin was cost-saving compared with placebo.
Implementing a policy of screening for both dysglycemia and diabetes may be potentially cost-saving or cost-neutral; within a 3-year horizon and in a health system perspective, screening and preventive management for dysglycemia and diabetes together was found to be cost-saving, relative to no screening, in one regional study (25).
The medications alone are also 16 times more expensive than INH and although the regimen may be cost-effective or cost-saving at the societal level [ 23], it could be difficult in resource-limited settings.
The economic evidence suggests that despite their high initial costs, tissue-engineered wound care products may be cost-effective or even cost-saving if their use is restricted to such ulcers that are unresponsive to healing.
Because of the reduced need for costly invasive testing, adding NIPT as a second test may be cost-neutral or even cost-saving, bringing this approach within easy reach of publicly (or collectively) funded screening programmes for fetal aneuploidy.
Universal RV5 vaccination in Oman is likely to significantly reduce the health care burden and costs associated with rotavirus gastroenteritis and may be cost-effective from the payer perspective and cost saving from the societal perspective.
Some authors have even noted that when patients are stable on a certain medication for schizophrenia they may not readily accept a sudden switch to a generic version and may even regard it as a poisoning attempt.[ 12] In such situations it may be cost-saving/cost-effective in the long-term to maintain a stable regimen.
Silk flowers may be a better cost-saving solution.
