Cost-effectiveness of antiviral stockpiling and near-patient testing for potential influenza pandemic.(RESEARCH)

From: Emerging Infectious Diseases | Date: February 1, 2008| Author: | Copyright information

A decision analytical model was developed to investigate the cost-effectiveness of stockpiling antiviral (AV) drugs for a potential influenza pandemic in the United Kingdom and the possible role of near-patient testing in conserving AV drug stocks. Under base-case assumptions (including a fixed stockpile that was smaller than the clinical attack rate), the treat-only option (treating all symptomatic patients with AV drugs) would be considered cost-effective (1,900 [pounds sterling]-13,700 [pounds sterling] per quality-adjusted life year [QALY] gained, depending on the fatality ...

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