Cost-effectiveness of alcohol use treatments in patients with alcohol-related cirrhosis.
Cost-effectiveness of alcohol use treatments in patients with alcohol-related cirrhosis.
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10.1016/j.jhep.2020.12.004
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发表时间:
2021-06
影响因子:
25.7
通讯作者:
Mellinger JL
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Avanceña ALV;Miller N;Uttal SE;Hutton DW;Mellinger JL
Alcohol use treatment such medication-assisted therapies (MATs) and counseling are available and effective in promoting alcohol abstinence. We sought to explore the cost-effectiveness of different alcohol use treatments among patients with compensated alcohol-related cirrhosis (AC). We simulated a cohort of compensated AC patients receiving care from a hepatology clinic over their lifetimes. We estimated costs (in 2017 US$) and benefits in terms of quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) gained from healthcare and societal perspectives. Transition probabilities, costs, and health utility weights were taken from the literature. Treatment effects of Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved MATs (acamprosate and naltrexone) and non-FDA approved MATs (baclofen, gabapentin, and topiramate) and counseling were based on a study of employer-insured AC patients. We calculated incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs) and performed one-way and probabilistic sensitivity analyses to understand the impact of parameter uncertainty. When compared to a do-nothing scenario, MATs and counseling were found to be cost-saving from a healthcare perspective, which means that they provide more benefits with less costs than no intervention. Compared to other interventions, acamprosate and naltrexone cost the least and provide the most QALYs. If the effectiveness of MATs and counseling decreased, these interventions would still be cost-effective based on the commonly-used $100,000 per QALY gained threshold. Several sensitivity and scenario analyses showed that our main findings are robust. Among compensated AC patients, MATs and counseling are extremely cost-effective, and in some cases cost-saving, interventions to prevent decompensation and improve health. Health policies (e.g., payer reimbursement) should emphasize and appropriately compensate for these interventions. Alcohol use treatments, including physician counseling and medication-assisted therapies (MATs), improve the outcomes of patients with compensated alcohol-related cirrhosis (AC), though use and access have remained suboptimal. In this study, we found that counseling and MATs are extremely cost-effective, and in some cases cost-saving, interventions to help compensated AC patients abstain from alcohol and improve their health. Wider use of these interventions should be encouraged.
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