Combination Therapy With Tocilizumab and Dexamethasone Cost-Effectively Reduces Coronavirus Disease 2019 Mortality

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Recent randomized trials suggest that interleukin-6 inhibitors reduce mortality due to severe coronavirus disease 2019. Using a decision tree model, we found that tocilizumab is cost-effective with an estimated incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of $16 520 per quality-adjusted life year gained (95% credible interval, 10 760-51 530).

Errataetall:

CommentIn: Clin Infect Dis. 2021 May 17;:. - PMID 33999992

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:73

Enthalten in:

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 73(2021), 11 vom: 06. Dez., Seite 2116-2118

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sinha, Pranay [VerfasserIn]
Linas, Benjamin P [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

7S5I7G3JQL
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
COVID-19
Cost-effectiveness
Dexamethasone
Health economics
I031V2H011
IL-6 inhibitors
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Tocilizumab

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 13.12.2021

Date Revised 04.04.2024

published: Print

CommentIn: Clin Infect Dis. 2021 May 17;:. - PMID 33999992

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/cid/ciab409

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NLM325088101