Cost Effectiveness of TNF-𝛼 Inhibitors in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Table 4

Resulting ICERs in terms of improvement by the DAS-28.

Patients	Cost differences between Treatment A and B	Difference in DAS-28 score between Treatment A and B	ICER per unit of improvement in the DAS-28 over 6 months	ICER per 10% improvement in the DAS-28 over 6 months
Patient 1	€6,451	3.72	€1,734	€1,630
Patient 2	€5,218	3.88	€1,345	€1,264
Patient 3	€5,444	3	€1,815	€1,706
Patient 4	€6,489	3.46	€1,875	€1,763
Patient 5	€5,302	1.79	€2,962	€2,784
Patient 6	€6,536	2.51	€2,604	€2,448
Patient 7	€6,476	3.25	€1,993	€1,873
Patient 8	€4,891	2.88	€1,698	€1,596
Patient 9	€5,705	2.16	€2,641	€2,483
Patient 10	€6,508	1.49	€4,368	€4,106
Patient 11	€5,649	1.89	€2,989	€2,810
Patient 12	€6,325	3.27	€1,934	€1,818
Patient 13	€1,802	2.01	€897	€843
Average	€5,600	2.71	€2,220	€2,087

The ICERs per unit improvement and per 10% improvement in the DAS-28 following 6 months of TNF-α inhibitor therapy.