Cost-utility analysis of antihypertensive medications in Nigeria: a decision analysis

The objective of this study was to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of drugs from 4 classes of antihypertensive medications commonly used in Nigeria in management of hypertension where there is no compelling indication to use a particular antihypertensive drug. Methods: The study employed decision analytic modelling.  Interventions were obtained from a meta-analysis.  The Markov process model calculated clinical outcomes and costs during a life cycle of 30 years of 1000 hypertensive patients stratified by 3 cardiovascular risk groups, under the alternative intervention scenarios.  Quality adjusted life year (QALY) was used to quantify clinical outcome.  The average cost of treatment for the ...
Source: NeLM - Cardiovascular Medicine - Category: Cardiology Source Type: news