Table 5.13Incremental costs and effectiveness by treatment strategy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients (baseline risk of neutropenic sepsis of one course of chemotherapy: 44.22%)

StrategyTotal costs (£)Total QALYsIncremental costs (£)Incremental QALYsICER (£) versus baseline (QALYs)ICER (£) incremental (QALYs)
Nothing/Placebo£729.2-3.3*10-3——ComparatorComparator
Secondary prophylaxis with PEG-G-CSF£1,510.7-2.9*10-3£781.46.7*10-4£1.2 million£1.2 million
Secondary prophylaxis with G(M)-CSF£1,629.0-2.6*10-3£899.73.2*10-4£2.8 millionDominated
Primary prophylaxis with PEG-G-CSF£4,238.1-2.1*10-3£3,508.92.2*10-3£1.6 million£1.8 million
Primary prophylaxis with G(M)-CSF£5,242.0-1.1*10-3£4,512.81.1*10-3£4.1 millionDominated

From: 5, Reducing the risk of septic complications of anticancer treatment

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