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## Background There is an increasing body of published cost-utility analyses of health interventions which we sought to draw together to inform research and policy. ## Methods To achieve consistency in costing base and policy context, study scope was limited to Australian-based cost-effectiveness analyses. Through a comprehensive literature review we identified 245 health care interventions that met our study criteria. ## Results The median cost-effectiveness ratio was A$18,100 (~US$13,000) per QALY/DALY/LY (quality adjusted life year gained or, disability adjusted life year averted or life year gained). Some modalities tended to perform worse, such as vaccinations and diagnostics (median cost/QALY $58,000 and $68,000 respectively), than others such as allied health, lifestyle, in-patient interventions (median cost/QALY/DALY/LY all at ~A$9,000~US$6,500). Interventions addressing some diseases such as diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance or alcohol and drug dependence tended to perform well (median cost/QALY/DALY/LY < A$3,700, < US$5,000). Interventions targeting younger persons < 25 years (median cost/QALY/DALY/LY 25 years (median cost/QALY/DALY/LY < A$16,000). However, there

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Author

Kim Dalziel; Leonie Segal; Duncan Mortimer

Publisher

BioMed Central; Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.); London: BioMed Central, c2003-; Springer Science and Business Media LLC; Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc. (ISSN 1478-7547)

Published

2008

Language

EN

Field

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Social Sciences)