美国成年人中肝炎C诊断测试方法的成本效益分析
Eric W Hall1, Amy L Sandul2, Saleem Kamili2
1OHSU-PSU School of Public Health, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA.
概括
病毒-首先型肝炎病毒 (HCV) 测试策略改善了诊断和健康结果. 与目前的方法相比,这些方法具有成本效益,增加了HCV诊断和治疗机会.
科学领域:
- 肝病学 肝病学是一种肝病学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
背景情况:
- 美国许多成年人仍然不知道他们感染了C型肝炎病毒 (HCV),这阻碍了获得治愈治疗的机会.
- 首先对病毒进行测试的策略为改善HCV诊断率提供了潜在的解决方案.
- 目前的HCV测试算法需要对较新的策略进行成本效益评估.
研究的目的:
- 评估新型病毒-首先HCV检测策略的成本效益.
- 将这些策略与当前标准的HCV检测算法进行比较.
- 评估对HCV诊断,治疗和患者健康结果的影响.
主要方法:
- 使用马尔科夫模型的决策树框架模拟了美国成年人队列中的HCV疾病进展.
- 模拟了四种测试策略:当前标准 (比较器),基于HCVcAg的 (干预1) 同步抗HCV/HCVcAg (干预2) 和仅NAT (干预3).
- 成本,质量调整后寿命年 (QALYs) 和流行病学结果在一生的时间范围内进行了比较.
主要成果:
- 干预1 (基于HCVcAg) 在诊断和结果方面与比较器相匹配,但每人节省了0.26美元.
- 干预措施2和3的成本更高 (分别为每人8.60美元和21.48美元).
- 干预措施2和3都显示,与对照组相比,HCV诊断,治疗感染和QALY增加.
结论:
- 与目前的方法相比,病毒第一的HCV检测策略可能具有成本效益.
- 这些策略可以在HCV诊断和改善患者健康结果方面取得重大进展.
- 实施病毒第一检测可能会提高获得及时和治愈性HCV治疗的机会.
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