低コストのスタチンの時代のプライマリ予防のためのスタチン治療の費用対効果
Lawrence D Lazar1, Mark J Pletcher, Pamela G Coxson
1Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Circulation
|June 29, 2011
まとめ
低コストのスタチンは,コレステロールがわずかに上昇した人や既存の危険因子を持つ人でも,心臓血管疾患の初等予防に費用対効果的です. これらの手頃な価格の医薬品の広範な使用は,実質的なリスクなしに重要な健康上の利点を提供します.
科学分野:
- 心血管医学は,心血管医学である.
- 健康経済学とは
- 予防的な心臓病学
背景:
- 低コストのジェネリックスタチンの普及により,初等予防の費用が削減されています.
- 以前の費用対効果分析は,現在の汎用価格設定と拡張処方戦略を反映していない可能性があります.
研究 の 目的:
- 低コストのジェネリックを使用したスタチンの処方戦略を拡大した費用対効果を予測する.
- 積極的なスタチンの処方が費用対効果がなくなる可能性のある条件を特定する.
主な方法:
- 35歳以上の米国の人口をシミュレートしたマルコフモデルである冠動脈疾患政策モデルが使用されました.
- シミュレーションでは,低密度の脂質タンパク質コレステロールレベルと冠動脈疾患のリスク要因に基づいて,拡張されたスタチンを処方する値を評価しました.
主要な成果:
- 標準値LDLコレステロール>160 mg/dL (低リスク),>130 mg/dL (中等リスク),>100 mg/dL (中等リスク) を設定した状態で,スタチンの使用期間を月額4ドルで延長すれば,年間4億3000万ドルを節約できる.
- 値をさらに低くし,LDLコレステロールを問わず,中程度のリスクを有するすべての患者を治療すると,品質調整された寿命年当たり9900ドルで健康上の利点が追加されました.
- 発見は,ほとんどの有害効果の仮定に強固だったが,スタチンの有効性の低下や長期にわたる患者報告による有意な不便性に敏感であった.
結論:
- 低コストのスタチンは,控えめなコレステロール値または冠動脈疾患の危険因子を有する個体における一次予防に費用対効果的です.
- 副作用は,スタチンが有効である集団におけるスタチンの利点を否定する可能性は低い.
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