Cost Effectiveness of Combination HIV Therapy: 3 Years Later
Since 1997, expert panel guidelines for HIV care have recommended the use of combination antiretroviral therapy with at least 3 antiretroviral drugs. Several studies have examined the cost effectiveness of 3-drug combination antiretroviral regimens for the treatment of HIV infection. Analyses comparing a 3-drug protease inhibitor-containing regimen with a 1- or 2-drug non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor regimen have consistently yielded incremental direct cost estimates ranging from $US10 000 to just over $US13 000 per year of life saved. In Western societies, such an incremental cost per year of life saved compares favourably with chronic therapy for other diseases and argues for the adoption of these drugs by payors and policy makers. The reason for this favourable cost-effectiveness ratio appears to be the decrease in opportunistic complications and hospitalisation associated with the effective use of combination antiretroviral therapy. Whether this initial benefit will be maintained is not yet known. Other comorbid illnesses such as hepatitis C or renal failure may subsequently increase the cost of HIV care, and some analyses suggest that resistance may develop to these drugs over the long term. In addition, studies are needed to assess the cost effectiveness of these therapies in developing countries where the expense of these drugs appears to put them out of reach. The collection and analysis of economic data will continue to be needed as newer HIV therapies become available and the HIV healthcare environment evolves. Quantifying medical care costs and calculating cost effectiveness involve assessing a moving target. Economic analyses of HIV infection must evolve in tandem with therapeutic changes to continue to be relevant to policy makers, payors of care, and those who provide and receive HIV care.
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2000
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Authors: | Moore, Richard D. |
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PharmacoEconomics. - Springer Healthcare | Adis, ISSN 1170-7690. - Vol. 17.2000, 4, p. 325-330
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Springer Healthcare | Adis |
Subject: | Abacavir | Amprenavir | Antivirals | Cost effectiveness | Delavirdine mesylate | Didanosine | Efavirenz | HIV infections | Indinavir | Lamivudine | Lamivudine/zidovudine | Nelfinavir | Nevirapine | Non nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors | Pharmacoeconomics | Protease inhibitors | Research and development | Ritonavir | Saquinavir | Stavudine | Zalcitabine | Zidovudine |
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Type of publication: | Article |
Classification: | C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods ; D - Microeconomics ; I - Health, Education, and Welfare ; Z - Other Special Topics ; I1 - Health ; I19 - Health. Other ; I18 - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health ; I11 - Analysis of Health Care Markets |
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