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Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER)

SF Sreten Franovic
AP Alexander D. Pietroski
KD Katherine Druskovich
BP Brendan Page
GB Gabriel B. Burdick
BF Bushra Fathima
MM Michael J. McIntosh
EK Elizabeth A. King
SM Stephanie J. Muh
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The ICER analysis provides a ratio that portrays the resources needed to change the patient-perceived quality outcome, QALY. Because ICERs compare more than 1 test, the results provide incremental differences among modalities. In our study, we investigated the cost per QALY saved. The generic formula for cost effectiveness is as follows:

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

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