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Table 5 Baseline cost-effectiveness results

From: Brief interventions to address substance use among patients presenting to emergency departments in resource poor settings: a cost-effectiveness analysis

Interventions

Cost

Incremental cost [ΔC]

Outcome

Incremental outcome [ΔE]

Incremental cost effectiveness ratios (ICERs) [ΔC/ΔE]

AS

DP

AS

DP

AS

DP

Control

11.44

–

0.88

0.53

–

–

–

–

MI

15.57

4.13

0.92

0.74

0.03

0.21

118.96

19.94

MI-PST

33.48

17.91

1.06

1.27

0.14

0.54

131.25

33.40

  1. AS ASSIST score, DP CES-D, ΔC change in cost (compared to preceding intervention), ΔE change in effectiveness (compared to preceding intervention), MI motivational interviewing, PST problem solving therapy