• 1. Department of Pharmacy, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou 510080, China;
  • 2. Department of Nephrology, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou 510080, China;
  • 3. School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China;
LAOHai-yan, Email: laohaiyan1208@vip.sina.com
Export PDF Favorites Scan Get Citation

Objective To compare the cost-effectiveness of warfarin and enoxaparin overlapping treatment for the prevention of venous thromboembolism (VTE) or pulmonary embolism (PE) in patients with nephrotic syndrome (NS). Methods A decision tree model was constructed. The efficacy data applied in our decision tree were from clinical data, and the cost data was based on the hospitalization cost of 103 patients with nephrotic syndrome in Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital from 2013 to 2014, State Development and Reform Commission pricing and literature report. The one-way sensitivity analyses was conducted to analyze the stability of test. Results In base case, the cost and cost-effective ratio of warfarin and enoxaparin overlapped treatment for 3 days were 10305.49 yuan and 31607.15, respectively. While those overlapped treatment for 4 days were 8849.36 yuan and 20896.46, overlapped treatment for 5 days and above were 9494.29 yuan and 21659.95, respectively. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of 4 days versus 5 days and above was 5600.96. The cost-effective ratio of 4 days was lower but the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of it was higher. The sensitivity analysis showed the test result was stable. Conclusion Cost-effectiveness analysis shows that warfarin and enoxaparin overlapping treatment for 4 days in patients with nephrotic syndrome has cost-effective advantage. Due to the limited sample size of our study, the above conclusion should be proved by more large-scale high-quality clinical studies.

Citation: HUANGBi-yu, YANGMin, LIUXiao-qi, LIUShuang-xin, MAIYin-hua, LAOHai-yan. Different Warfarin and Enoxaparin Overlapping Treatment for the Prevention of Thrombosis in Nephrotic Syndrome Patients: A Cost-effectiveness Analysis. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2016, 16(7): 754-759. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20160117 Copy

  • Previous Article

    A Health Technology Assessment for Population Psychological Assessment after Earthquakes: 3. Suggestions on Developing the Management Practice of Post-disaster Mental Health Service in China
  • Next Article

    Risk Factors for Multiple Nosocomial Infection in Adults: A Case-control Study