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ArticleClinicoEconomics and outcomes research : CEOR2013

Cost-effectiveness of bazedoxifene versus raloxifene in the treatment of postmenopausal women in Spain.

Josep Darbà, Nuria Pérez-Álvarez, Lisette Kaskens, Susana Holgado-Pérez, Jill Racketa, Javier Rejas

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Article in ClinicoEconomics and outcomes research : CEOR, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Josep DarbàUniversitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain;
Nuria Pérez-Álvarez
Lisette Kaskens
Susana Holgado-Pérez
Jill Racketa
Javier Rejas
Pharmacoeconomics and Health Outcomes Research Iberia (Spain) · ESHospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol · ESPfizer (Spain) · ESPfizer (United States) · USUniversitat de Barcelona · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe purpose of this study was to assess the cost-effectiveness of bazedoxifene and raloxifene for prevention of vertebral and nonvertebral fractures among postmenopausal Spanish women aged 55-82 years with established osteoporosis and a high fracture risk.

methodsA Markov model was developed to represent the transition of a cohort of postmenopausal osteoporotic women through different health states, ie, patients free of fractures, patients with vertebral or nonvertebral fractures, and patients recovered from a fracture. Efficacy data for bazedoxifene were obtained from the Osteoporosis Study. The perspective of the Spanish National Health Service was chosen with a time horizon of 27 years. Costs were reported in 2010 Euros. Deterministic results were presented as expected cost per quality-adjusted life-year (QALY), and probabilistic results were represented in cost-effectiveness planes.

resultsIn deterministic analysis, the expected cost per patient was higher in the raloxifene cohort (€13,881) than in the bazedoxifene cohort (€13,436). QALYs gained were slightly higher in the bazedoxifene cohort (14.56 versus 14.54). Results from probabilistic sensitivity analysis showed that bazedoxifene has a slightly higher probability of being cost-effective for all threshold values independent of the maximum that the National Health Service is willing to pay per additional QALY.

conclusionBazedoxifene was shown to be a cost-effective treatment option for the prevention of fractures in Spanish women with postmenopausal osteoporosis and a high fracture risk. When comparing bazedoxifene with raloxifene, it may be concluded that the former is the dominant strategy.

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bazedoxifenecostsefficacyfracturenonvertebralosteoporosisraloxifenevertebral

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PMID23882153
PMCPMC3709644
OpenAlexW2019205125

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