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© Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2017. All rights reserved. Objectives To compare the cost-effectiveness (CE) of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) 2015 and the WHO 2013 diagnostic thresholds for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Setting The analysis was from the perspective of the National Health Service in England and Wales. Participants 6221 patients from four of the Hyperglycaemia and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes (HAPO) study centres (two UK, two Australian), 6308 patients from the Atlantic Diabetes in Pregnancy study and 12 755 patients from UK clinical practice. Primary and secondary outcome measures planned The incremental cost per quality-adjusted life year (QALY), net monetary benefit (NMB) and the probability of being cost-effective at CE thresholds of £20 000 and £30 000 per QALY. Results In a population of pregnant women from the four HAPO study centres and using NICE-defined risk factors for GDM, diagnosing GDM using NICE 2015 criteria had an NMB of £239 902 (relative to no treatment) at a CE threshold of £30 000 per QALY compared with WHO 2013 criteria, which had an NMB of £186 675. NICE 2015 criteria had a 51.5% probability of being cost-effective compared with the WHO 2013 diagnostic criteria, which had a 27.6% probability of being cost-effective (no treatment had a 21.0% probability of being cost-effective). For women without NICE risk factors in this population, the NMBs for NICE 2015 and WHO 2013 criteria were both negative relative to no treatment and no treatment had a 78.1% probability of being cost-effective. Conclusion The NICE 2015 diagnostic criteria for GDM can be considered cost-effective relative to the WHO 2013 alternative at a CE threshold of £30 000 per QALY. Universal screening for GDM was not found to be cost-effective relative to screening based on NICE risk factors.
Author(s): Jacklin PB, Maresh MJA, Patterson CC, Stanley KP, Dornhorst A, Burman-Roy S, Bilous RW
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: BMJ Open
Year: 2017
Volume: 7
Issue: 8
Pages: e016621
Online publication date: 11/08/2017
Acceptance date: 22/06/2017
Date deposited: 18/10/2017
ISSN (print): 2044-6055
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
URL: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016621
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016621
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