Assessment <strong>of</strong> cost-effectiveness evidenceTABLE 43 Cost-effectiveness <strong>of</strong> presentation troponin testing strategies: population with known CAD, doctoron-dem<strong>and</strong>scenarioStrategy Total costs, £ (95% CI) Total QALYs (95% CI)ICER(£/QALY)No testing 895,440 (887,764 to 903,117) 20,122.36 (20,098.26 to 20,146.46) –Presentation TnT, 10% CV 1,526,705 (1,515,468 to 1,537,942) 20,221.03 (20,196.30 to 20,243.76) 6397Presentation TnT, 99thpercentilePresentation HsTnT, 99thpercentile1,580,066 (1,569,186 to 1,590,946) 20,229.36 (20,205.28 to 20,253.43) 64051,791,928 (1,780,253 to 1,803,603) 20,249.14 (20,224.45 to 20,273.83) 10,71010-hour troponin test 2,024,269 (2,012,991 to 2,035,547) 20,255.68 (20,230.45 to 20,280.91) 35,526TABLE 44 Cost-effectiveness <strong>of</strong> presentation troponin testing strategies: population with known CAD, twice-dailyward round scenarioStrategy Total costs, £ (95% CI) Total QALYs (95% CI)ICER(£/QALY)No testing 895,440 (887,764 to 903,117) 20,122.36 (20,098.26 to 20,146.46) –Presentation TnT, 10% CV 1,565,347 (1,553,759 to 1,576,935) 20,221.03 (20,196.30 to 20,243.76) 6790Presentation TnT, 99thpercentilePresentation HsTnT, 99thpercentile1,634,789 (1,623,585 to 1,645,992) 20,229.36 (20,205.28 to 20,253.43) 83361,923,076 (1,911,130 to 1,935,023) 20,249.14 (20,224.45 to 20,273.83) 14,57510-hour troponin test 2,423,332 (2,412,088 to 2,434,575) 20,255.68 (20,230.45 to 20,280.91) 76,492TABLE 45 Cost-effectiveness <strong>of</strong> presentation troponin testing strategies: population with known CAD, once-daily wardround scenarioStrategy Total costs, £ (95% CI) Total QALYs (95% CI)ICER(£/QALY)No testing 895,440 (887,764 to 903,117) 20,122.36 (20,098.26 to 20,146.46) –Presentation TnT, 10% CV 1,591,876 (1,580,221 to 1,603,532) 20,221.03 (20,196.30 to 20,243.76) 7058Presentation TnT, 99thpercentilePresentation HsTnT, 99thpercentile1,671,994 (1,662,038 to 1,683,950) 20,229.36 (20,205.28 to 20,253.43) 96182,012,040 (1,999,995 to 2,024,084) 20,249.14 (20,224.45 to 20,273.83) 17,19110-hour troponin test 2,689,319 (2,678,062 to 2,700,577) 20,255.68 (20,230.45 to 20,280.91) 103,56092NIHR Journals Library
DOI: 10.3310/hta17010 Health Technology Assessment 2013 Vol. 17 No. 1£27,546/QALY, so the 10-hour troponin strategy may be cost-effective for patients without known CAD if adecision can be made <strong>and</strong> the patient discharged as soon as the 10-hour troponin result is available.The effects <strong>of</strong> suboptimal diagnosis by the biomarkers were also estimated. The number <strong>of</strong> adverse events(reinfarctions <strong>and</strong> deaths) <strong>and</strong> their proportions for each <strong>of</strong> the biomarker strategies are shown in Table 46(population without known CAD) <strong>and</strong> Table 47 (population with known CAD). These tables show theeffect <strong>of</strong> different testing strategies on clinically relevant outcomes across the whole presenting population.However, clinicians <strong>and</strong> patients are <strong>of</strong>ten more interested to know the risk <strong>of</strong> adverse outcome in thosedischarged after negative testing. These estimates are given in Table 48 (population without known CAD)<strong>and</strong> Table 49 (population with known CAD). It should be recognised that the differences in event ratesbetween strategies shown in Tables 46 <strong>and</strong> 47 <strong>and</strong> Tables 48 <strong>and</strong> 49 are, in part, explained by differencesin the populations compared, i.e. lower event rates are in part achieved by positive tests removing those atrisk from the reported population rather than actually preventing adverse events.Tables 46 <strong>and</strong> 47 show that if patients are discharged without testing, their risk <strong>of</strong> death <strong>and</strong> non-fatalMI over the following year are estimated to be around 2.5% <strong>and</strong> 6%, respectively. We estimated that thevarious testing strategies could reduce these risks by 0.5–0.7% <strong>and</strong> 0.9–1.3%, respectively, in patientswithout known CAD <strong>and</strong> by marginally more in patients with known CAD.Tables 48 <strong>and</strong> 49 show that the various testing strategies reduce the estimated risk <strong>of</strong> adverse outcomeafter discharge with a negative assessment but, based on the Mills data, 155 the rate <strong>of</strong> death <strong>and</strong> non-fatalMI remained 1.0% <strong>and</strong> 3.9%, respectively, even after a negative 10-hour troponin result.Table 50 shows the results for the sensitivity <strong>analysis</strong> using high-sensitivity TnI instead <strong>of</strong> HsTnT atpresentation. Only the ICERs for presentation TnI <strong>and</strong> 10-hour troponin testing are shown becauseTABLE 46 Deaths <strong>and</strong> non-fatal MI at 1 year among patients presenting without known CAD following differenttesting strategies: whole population (n = 1000)Strategy MI DeathsMIs avoided comparedwith no testingLives saved comparedwith no testingNo testing 56.57 24.00 – –Presentation TnT, 10% CV 47.22 18.80 9.45 5.20Presentation TnT, 99th percentile 46.50 18.40 10.07 5.60Presentation HsTnT, 99thpercentile44.49 17.29 12.08 6.7110-hour troponin test 43.97 17.00 12.60 7.00TABLE 47 Deaths <strong>and</strong> non-fatal MI at 1 year among patients presenting with known CAD following different testingstrategies: whole population (n = 1000)Strategy MI DeathsMIs avoided comparedwith no testingLives saved comparedwith no testingNo testing 58.57 25.60 – –Presentation TnT, 10% CV 48.16 19.81 10.41 5.79Presentation TnT, 99th percentile 47.36 19.36 11.21 6.24Presentation HsTnT, 99thpercentile45.12 18.12 13.45 7.4810-hour troponin test 44.53 17.80 14.04 7.80© Queen’s Printer <strong>and</strong> Controller <strong>of</strong> HMSO 2013. This work was produced by Goodacre et al. under the terms <strong>of</strong> a commissioning contract issued by the Secretary <strong>of</strong> Statefor Health. This issue may be freely reproduced for the purposes <strong>of</strong> private research <strong>and</strong> study <strong>and</strong> extracts (or indeed, the full report) may be included in pr<strong>of</strong>essional journalsprovided that suitable acknowledgement is made <strong>and</strong> the reproduction is not associated with any form <strong>of</strong> advertising. Applications for commercial reproduction should beaddressed to: NIHR Journals Library, National Institute for Health Research, Evaluation, Trials <strong>and</strong> Studies Coordinating Centre, Alpha House, University <strong>of</strong> Southampton SciencePark, Southampton SO16 7NS, UK.93