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Trial reportValue in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research2017

Incremental Costs and Cost Effectiveness of Intensive Treatment in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes Detected by Screening in the ADDITION-UK Trial: An Update with Empirical Trial-Based Cost Data.

Michael Laxy, Edward C F Wilson, Clare E Boothby, Simon J Griffin

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Trial report in Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Michael LaxyInstitute of Health Economics and Health Care Management, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany; German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany; Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, UK.
Edward C F WilsonCambridge Centre for Health Services Research, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, UK.
Clare E BoothbyMedical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, UK.
Simon J GriffinMedical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, UK. Electronic address: sjg49@medschl.cam.ac.uk.

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Department of HealthMedical Research Council G0001164Medical Research Council MC_UU_12015/4Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThere is uncertainty about the cost effectiveness of early intensive treatment versus routine care in individuals with type 2 diabetes detected by screening.

objectivesTo derive a trial-informed estimate of the incremental costs of intensive treatment as delivered in the Anglo-Danish-Dutch Study of Intensive Treatment in People with Screen-Detected Diabetes in Primary Care-Europe (ADDITION) trial and to revisit the long-term cost-effectiveness analysis from the perspective of the UK National Health Service.

methodsWe analyzed the electronic primary care records of a subsample of the ADDITION-Cambridge trial cohort (n = 173). Unit costs of used primary care services were taken from the published literature. Incremental annual costs of intensive treatment versus routine care in years 1 to 5 after diagnosis were calculated using multilevel generalized linear models. We revisited the long-term cost-utility analyses for the ADDITION-UK trial cohort and reported results for ADDITION-Cambridge using the UK Prospective Diabetes Study Outcomes Model and the trial-informed cost estimates according to a previously developed evaluation framework.

resultsIncremental annual costs of intensive treatment over years 1 to 5 averaged £29.10 (standard error = £33.00) for consultations with general practitioners and nurses and £54.60 (standard error = £28.50) for metabolic and cardioprotective medication. For ADDITION-UK, over the 10-, 20-, and 30-year time horizon, adjusted incremental quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) were 0.014, 0.043, and 0.048, and adjusted incremental costs were £1,021, £1,217, and £1,311, resulting in incremental cost-effectiveness ratios of £71,232/QALY, £28,444/QALY, and £27,549/QALY, respectively. Respective incremental cost-effectiveness ratios for ADDITION-Cambridge were slightly higher.

conclusionsThe incremental costs of intensive treatment as delivered in the ADDITION-Cambridge trial were lower than expected. Given UK willingness-to-pay thresholds in patients with screen-detected diabetes, intensive treatment is of borderline cost effectiveness over a time horizon of 20 years and more.

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Quality-Adjusted Life YearsAdultAgedCost-Benefit AnalysisDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2FemaleHealth Care CostsHumansLinear ModelsMaleMass ScreeningMiddle AgedPrimary Health CareProspective StudiesTime FactorsUnited KingdomADDITION trialcost effectivenessintensive treatmentscreen-detected diabetes

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