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Tipo: Artigo de Periódico
Título: Cost-effectiveness of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody diagnostic tests in Brazil
Autor(es): Tália Santana Machado de Assis
Mariana Lourenço Freire
Janaína de Pina Carvalho
Ana Rabello
Glaucia Fernandes Cota
Resumo: Background Although serologic tests for COVID-19 diagnosis are rarely indicated nowadays, they remain commercially available and widely used in Brazil. The objective of this study was to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of anti-SARS-CoV-2antibody diagnostic tests for COVID-19 in Brazil. Methods Eleven commercially available diagnostic tests, comprising five lateral-flow immunochromatographic assays (LFAs) and six immunoenzymatic assays (ELISA) were analyzed from the perspective of the Brazilian Unified Health System. Results The direct costs of LFAs ranged from US$ 11.42 to US$ 17.41and of ELISAs, from US$ 6.59 to US$ 10.31. Considering an estimated disease prevalence between 5% and 10%, the anti-SARS-CoV-2 ELISA (IgG) was the most cost-effective test, followed by the rapid One Step COVID-19 Test, at an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of US$ 2.52 and US$ 1.26 per properly diagnosed case, respectively. Considering only the LFAs, at the same prevalence estimates, two tests, the COVID-19 IgG/IgM and the One Step COVID-19 Test, showed high effectiveness at similar costs. For situations where the estimated probability of disease is 50%, the LFAs are more costly and less effective alternatives. Conclusions Nowadays there are few indications for the use of serologic tests in the diagnosis of COVID-19 and numerous commercially available tests, with marked differences are observed among them. In general, LFA tests are more cost-effective for estimated low-COVID-19- prevalences, while ELISAs are more cost-effective for high-pretest-probability scenarios.
Assunto: Teste para COVID-19
Avaliação de Custo-Efetividade
Brasil
Idioma: eng
País: Brasil
Editor: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Sigla da Instituição: UFMG
Departamento: HCL - HOSPITAL DAS CLINICAS
MEDICINA - FACULDADE DE MEDICINA
Tipo de Acesso: Acesso Aberto
Identificador DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264159
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/61860
Data do documento: 25-Fev-2022
metadata.dc.url.externa: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0264159
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: Plos One
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