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Table 2 Results for screening ten HCWs on day 1–7 of having symptoms

From: Optimal strategies to screen health care workers for COVID-19 in the US: a cost-effectiveness analysis

Option

Net cost

∆Costs

QALYs lost

∆QALYs Lost

ICER ($/QALYs)

Only PCR

$4633

n/a

0.09661

n/a

n/a

IgG + PCR

$5037

$404

0.09624

0.00037

$1,081,393

Only Ag

$8293

$3660

0.19313

− 0.09652

Dominated

IgG, if positive PCR

$64,297

$59,664

1.49459

− 1.39798

Dominated

No test

$82,172

$77,539

1.92529

− 1.82868

Dominated

Only IgG

$82,497

$77,863

1.92305

− 1.82644

Dominated

  1. Almost all infected individuals have viable virus at this time and positive PCR test results are treated as true positives, indicating isolation
  2. Ag: antigen; ICER: incremental cost-effectiveness ratio; IgG: immunoglobulin G; PCR: polymerase chain reaction; QALY: quality-adjusted life year; ∆: difference