Research Article

Cost-Effectiveness and Budget Impact Analysis of Apatinib for Advanced Metastatic Gastric Cancer from the Perspective of Health Insurance System

Table 3

Summary of the cost and outcome results in base-case analysis.

StrategyControl (US $)Apatinib (no PAP)Apatinib (3 + X)

Cost in disease-free state52942157868
Cost in disease recurrence state90212241306
Cost in death for gastric cancer103310761149
Total cost ($)246410,3236515
Disease-free LYs0.1730.3600.360
Overall LYs0.4710.7500.750
QALYs0.2670.4580.458
Incremental cost per LY (US $)28,17014,520
Incremental cost per QALY (US $)40,99721,132

Compared with the control arm.