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Table 4 Economic evaluation of insomnia treatment versus no treatment

From: Insomnia - treatment pathways, costs and quality of life

 

Per person treated

NZ total million

At risk population

(1)

2.317

Prevalence of insomnia

(2)

13%

Proportion seeking treatment

(2)

15.0%

Number seeking treatment (M)

(3)

0.045

Costs incurred ($)

145

6.6

Costs avoided ($)

628

28.4

Net benefit ($)

482

21.8

QALYs gained (#)

0.157

0.007

Net benefit per QALY gained ($)

3,072

21.8

  1. Notes:
  2. (1) December 2008 [31]
  3. (2) [8]
  4. Ranges (1) and (2) The high values are the base case plus 25% and the low values the base case minus 25%.
  5. (3) = (1) × (2) × (3)
  6. Calculations are based on unrounded data.