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Is individualized medicine more cost-effective? A systematic review.
Pharmacoeconomics 32, 443-455 (2014)
Background: Individualized medicine (IM) is a rapidly evolving field that is associated with both visions of more effective care at lower costs and fears of highly priced, low-value interventions. It is unclear which view is supported by the current evidence. Objective: Our objective was to systematically review the health economic evidence related to IM and to derive general statements on its cost-effectiveness. Data sources: A literature search of MEDLINE database for English- and German-language studies was conducted. Study appraisal and synthesis method: Cost-effectiveness and cost-utility studies for technologies meeting the MEDLINE medical subject headings (MeSH) definition of IM (genetically targeted interventions) were reviewed. This was followed by a standardized extraction of general study characteristics and cost-effectiveness results. Results: Most of the 84 studies included in the synthesis were from the USA (n = 43, 51 %), cost-utility studies (n = 66, 79 %), and published since 2005 (n = 60, 71 %). The results ranged from dominant to dominated. The median value (cost-utility studies) was calculated to be rounded $US22,000 per quality-adjusted life year (QALY) gained (adjusted to $US, year 2008 values), which is equal to the rounded median cost-effectiveness in the peer-reviewed English-language literature according to a recent review. Many studies reported more than one strategy of IM with highly varying cost-effectiveness ratios. Generally, results differed according to test type, and tests for disease prognosis or screening appeared to be more favorable than tests to stratify patients by response or by risk of adverse effects. However, these results were not significant. Limitations: Different definitions of IM could have been used. Quality assessment of the studies was restricted to analyzing transparency. Conclusions: IM neither seems to display superior cost-effectiveness than other types of medical interventions nor to be economically inferior. Instead, rather than 'whether' healthcare was individualized, the question of 'how' it was individualized was of economic relevance.
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Publikationstyp
Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp
Review
Schlagwörter
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Sprache
englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr
2014
HGF-Berichtsjahr
2014
ISSN (print) / ISBN
1170-7690
e-ISSN
1179-2027
Zeitschrift
PharmacoEconomics
Quellenangaben
Band: 32,
Heft: 5,
Seiten: 443-455
Verlag
Springer
Verlagsort
Auckland
Begutachtungsstatus
Peer reviewed
POF Topic(s)
30202 - Environmental Health
Forschungsfeld(er)
Genetics and Epidemiology
PSP-Element(e)
G-505300-001
PubMed ID
24574059
WOS ID
WOS:000335757600003
Scopus ID
84902303965
Scopus ID
84894239420
Erfassungsdatum
2014-03-04