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Cost-Effectiveness of a Proteomic Test for Preterm Birth Prediction
- Source :
- ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research: CEOR
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Dove, 2021.
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Abstract
- Michael Grabner,1 Julja Burchard,2 Chi Nguyen,3 Haechung Chung,4 Nilesh Gangan,3 J Jay Boniface,2 John AF Zupancic,5 Eric Stanek1 1Scientific Affairs, HealthCore, Inc., Wilmington, DE, USA; 2Research and Development, Sera Prognostics, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; 3Health Economics and Outcomes Research, HealthCore, Inc., Wilmington, DE, USA; 4Research Operations, HealthCore, Inc., Wilmington, DE, USA; 5Department of Neonatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USACorrespondence: Michael GrabnerScientific Affairs, HealthCore, Inc., 123 Justison St, Suite 200, Wilmington, DE, 19801, USATel +1 302-230-2000Email mgrabner@healthcore.comBackground: Preterm birth (PTB) carries increased risk of short- and long-term health problems as well as higher healthcare costs. Current strategies using clinically accepted maternal risk factors (prior PTB, short cervix) can only identify a minority of singleton PTBs.Objective: We modeled the cost-effectiveness of a risk-screening-and-treat strategy versus usual care for commercially insured pregnant US women without clinically accepted PTB risk factors. The risk-screening-and-treat strategy included use of a novel PTB prognostic blood test (PreTRM®) in the 19th– 20th week of pregnancy, followed by treatment with a combined regimen of multi-component high-intensity-case-management and pharmacologic interventions for the remainder of the pregnancy for women assessed as higher-risk by the test, and usual care in women without higher risk.Methods: We built a cost-effectiveness model using a combined decision-tree/Markov approach and a US payer perspective. We modeled 1-week cycles of pregnancy from week 19 to birth (preterm or term) and assessed costs throughout the pregnancy, and further to 12-months post-delivery in mothers and 30-months in infants. PTB rates and costs were based on > 40,000 mothers and infants from the HealthCore Integrated Research Database® with birth events in 2016. Estimates of test performance, treatment effectiveness, and other model inputs were derived from published literature.Results: In the base case, the risk-screening-and-treat strategy dominated usual care with an estimated 870 fewer PTBs (20% reduction) and $54 million less in total cost ($863 net savings per pregnant woman). Reductions were projected for neonatal intensive care admissions (10%), overall length-of-stay (7%), and births < 32 weeks (33%). Treatment effectiveness had the strongest influence on cost-effectiveness estimates. The risk-screening-and-treat strategy remained dominant in the majority of probabilistic sensitivity analysis simulations and model scenarios.Conclusion: Use of a novel prognostic test during pregnancy to identify women at risk of PTB combined with evidence-based treatment is estimated to reduce total costs while preventing PTBs and their consequences.Keywords: preterm birth, cost effectiveness, progesterone, prognostic test
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Pregnancy
medicine.diagnostic_test
cost effectiveness
Total cost
Obstetrics
Singleton
Cost effectiveness
business.industry
Health Policy
prognostic test
Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)
preterm birth
progesterone
medicine.disease
ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research
Regimen
Intensive care
Health care
medicine
Blood test
business
Original Research
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 11786981
- Volume :
- 13
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research: CEOR
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b99464c694d2c352605c47e21d677bb9