TY - JOUR
T1 - Cost-effectiveness of Warfarin and Aspirin for Prophylaxis of Stroke in Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation
AU - Gage, Brian F.
AU - Cardinalli, Andria B.
AU - Albers, Gregory W.
AU - Owens, Douglas K.
PY - 1995/12/20
Y1 - 1995/12/20
N2 - To examine the cost-effectiveness of prescribing warfarin sodium in patients who have nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) with or without additional stroke risk factors (a prior stroke or transient ischemic attack, diabetes, hypertension, or heart disease). Decision and cost-effectiveness analyses. The probabilities for stroke, hemorrhage, and death were obtained from published randomized controlled trials. The quality-of-life estimates were obtained by interviewing 74 patients with atrial fibrillation. Costs were estimated from literature review, phone survey, and Medicare reimbursement. In the base case, the patients were 65 years of age and good candidates for warfarin therapy. Treatment with warfarin, aspirin, or no therapy in the decision analytic model. Quality-adjusted survival and marginal cost-effectiveness of warfarin as compared with aspirin or no therapy. For patients with NVAF and additional risk factors for stroke, warfarin therapy led to a greater quality-adjusted survival and to cost savings. For patients with NVAF and one additional risk factor, warfarin therapy cost $8000 per quality-adjusted life-year saved. For 65-year-old patients with NVAF alone, warfarin cost about $370000 per quality-adjusted life-year saved, as compared with aspirin therapy. However, for 75-year-old patients with NVAF alone, prescribing warfarin cost $110000 per quality-adjusted life-year saved. For patients who were not prescribed warfarin, aspirin was preferred to no therapy on the basis of both quality-adjusted survival and cost in all patients, regardless of the number of risk factors present. Treatment with warfarin is cost-effective in patients with NVAF and one or more additional risk factors for stroke. In 65-year-old patients with NVAF but no other risk factors for stroke, prescribing warfarin instead of aspirin would affect quality-adjusted survival minimally but increase costs significantly. (JAMA. 1995;274:1839-1845).
AB - To examine the cost-effectiveness of prescribing warfarin sodium in patients who have nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) with or without additional stroke risk factors (a prior stroke or transient ischemic attack, diabetes, hypertension, or heart disease). Decision and cost-effectiveness analyses. The probabilities for stroke, hemorrhage, and death were obtained from published randomized controlled trials. The quality-of-life estimates were obtained by interviewing 74 patients with atrial fibrillation. Costs were estimated from literature review, phone survey, and Medicare reimbursement. In the base case, the patients were 65 years of age and good candidates for warfarin therapy. Treatment with warfarin, aspirin, or no therapy in the decision analytic model. Quality-adjusted survival and marginal cost-effectiveness of warfarin as compared with aspirin or no therapy. For patients with NVAF and additional risk factors for stroke, warfarin therapy led to a greater quality-adjusted survival and to cost savings. For patients with NVAF and one additional risk factor, warfarin therapy cost $8000 per quality-adjusted life-year saved. For 65-year-old patients with NVAF alone, warfarin cost about $370000 per quality-adjusted life-year saved, as compared with aspirin therapy. However, for 75-year-old patients with NVAF alone, prescribing warfarin cost $110000 per quality-adjusted life-year saved. For patients who were not prescribed warfarin, aspirin was preferred to no therapy on the basis of both quality-adjusted survival and cost in all patients, regardless of the number of risk factors present. Treatment with warfarin is cost-effective in patients with NVAF and one or more additional risk factors for stroke. In 65-year-old patients with NVAF but no other risk factors for stroke, prescribing warfarin instead of aspirin would affect quality-adjusted survival minimally but increase costs significantly. (JAMA. 1995;274:1839-1845).
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84942476127
U2 - 10.1001/jama.1995.03530230025025
DO - 10.1001/jama.1995.03530230025025
M3 - Article
C2 - 7500532
AN - SCOPUS:84942476127
SN - 0098-7484
VL - 274
SP - 1839
EP - 1845
JO - JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
JF - JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
IS - 23
ER -