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Table 3 Results of cost-effectiveness analyses, Bacteremia model

From: Risk-stratification in febrile infants 29 to 60 days old: a cost-effectiveness analysis

 

Cost ($)

Incremental Cost ($)

Effectiveness (QALY)

Incremental Effectiveness(QALY)

ICER ($/QALY)

PECARN

$3671

0.779

Boston

$3701

$30

0.782

0.003

$9799

Rochester

$3846

$145

0.778

−0.004

Dominated

Step-by-Step

$3977

$276

0.778

−0.004

Dominated

Clinical suspicion

$4430

$729

0.764

−0.019

Dominated

Aronson

$4527

$826

0.782

−0.001

Dominated

Modified Philadelphia

$4594

$892

0.778

−0.004

Dominated

Philadelphia

$4722

$1021

0.781

−0.001

Dominated

  1. aBold text: Favored strategy at a $100,000 per quality-adjusted life-year threshold
  2. bA dominated strategy is more costly and less effective than other strategies
  3. QALY quality adjusted life years, ICER incremental cost-effectiveness ratio, PECARN Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network