Cost-effectiveness and cost-utility of a digital technology-driven hierarchical healthcare screening pattern in China
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Published:2024-04-30
Issue:1
Volume:15
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ISSN:2041-1723
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Container-title:Nature Communications
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Nat Commun
Author:
Wu Xiaohang, Wu YuxuanORCID, Tu ZhenjunORCID, Cao Zizheng, Xu Miaohong, Xiang Yifan, Lin Duoru, Jin Ling, Zhao LanqinORCID, Zhang Yingzhe, Liu Yu, Yan Pisong, Hu Weiling, Liu Jiali, Liu Lixue, Wang Xun, Wang Ruixin, Chen Jieying, Xiao Wei, Shang Yuanjun, Xie Peichen, Wang Dongni, Zhang Xulin, Dongye Meimei, Wang Chenxinqi, Ting Daniel Shu Wei, Liu Yizhi, Pan RongORCID, Lin HaotianORCID
Abstract
AbstractUtilization of digital technologies for cataract screening in primary care is a potential solution for addressing the dilemma between the growing aging population and unequally distributed resources. Here, we propose a digital technology-driven hierarchical screening (DH screening) pattern implemented in China to promote the equity and accessibility of healthcare. It consists of home-based mobile artificial intelligence (AI) screening, community-based AI diagnosis, and referral to hospitals. We utilize decision-analytic Markov models to evaluate the cost-effectiveness and cost-utility of different cataract screening strategies (no screening, telescreening, AI screening and DH screening). A simulated cohort of 100,000 individuals from age 50 is built through a total of 30 1-year Markov cycles. The primary outcomes are incremental cost-effectiveness ratio and incremental cost-utility ratio. The results show that DH screening dominates no screening, telescreening and AI screening in urban and rural China. Annual DH screening emerges as the most economically effective strategy with 341 (338 to 344) and 1326 (1312 to 1340) years of blindness avoided compared with telescreening, and 37 (35 to 39) and 140 (131 to 148) years compared with AI screening in urban and rural settings, respectively. The findings remain robust across all sensitivity analyses conducted. Here, we report that DH screening is cost-effective in urban and rural China, and the annual screening proves to be the most cost-effective option, providing an economic rationale for policymakers promoting public eye health in low- and middle-income countries.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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