Immunization of infants against hepatitis B virus (HBV) is probably the second most cost-effective option in regions where the infection is still endemic.
For low risk patients, lisinopril was the second most cost-effective option to implement but additional fund needs to be committed in order to achieve better health outcomes over thiazide diuretic.
CCB was the second most cost-effective option for medium and high risk patients if additional fund is committed in order to achieve better health outcomes over thiazide diuretic.
Specifically, compared to the second most cost-effective treatment strategy (generic risperidone), olanzapine was associated with a lower rate of inpatient relapse (16% vs. 25%), with higher QALY (0.733 vs. 0.719) and with lower total health care cost ($8,544 vs. $9,080).
For example, one recent review found peer education and treatment of STIs in sex workers to be the most cost-effective of all interventions surveyed in South Asia, and the second most cost-effective (after mass media) in the highest mortality region of Africa [ 2].
This suggests that the discount rate does not determine the finding that vaccinating elderly people first would be the most cost effective option.
This is not because the provision of ART is unimportant, but because the literature has moved on to evaluate the cost effectiveness of the provision of ART with harm reduction – without first considering what is the most cost effective harm reduction package.
Consider offering sertraline first because it is the most cost effective drug.
Exercise has the highest probability of being the most cost effective first choice of therapy.
The most cost effective first step is to buy an amplifier wiring kit off of an internet auction site, etc.
9 In our sensitivity analysis, when we used the same median value for the utilities, as opposed to the means, the results showed that second generation endometrial ablation was the most cost effective strategy.
