COST – EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF EDOXABAN IN TREATMENT OF NONVALVULAR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN VIETNAM
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Background: Edoxaban is a novel oral anticoagulant approved for the prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) and the treatment of venous thromboembolism. In addition to clinical effectiveness, cost-effectiveness must be considered in drug prescription decisions within clinical settings, especially in the context of constrained healthcare budgets. Therefore, a cost-effectiveness analysis of edoxaban compared to the currently used and alternative drugs under the Vietnamese national health insurance is imperative, as similar studies have been conducted worldwide but not in Vietnam. Methods: Analyzing cost-effectiveness using a study design modeled through a Markov model from the Vietnamese healthcare payer perspective. The input parameters were extracted from clinical studies, literature reviews, and clinical expert opinion, as well as tender results at the time of the study. Results: Compared to rivaroxaban, patients with NVAF treated with edoxaban had a greater average QALYs at a lower lifetime treatment cost. Compared to dabigatran, edoxaban saved costs and reduced QALYs, with each QALY reduction associated with a cost saving of 322.37 million VND. Conclusions: From the Vietnamese healthcare payer perspective, with the threshold of 3 GDP per capita of Vietnam, edoxaban was dominant over rivaroxaban and achieved cost-effectiveness compared to dabigatran.
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