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Table 3 Results for screening ten HCW on day 8–14 of having symptoms

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

Option

Net cost

∆Cost

QALYs lost

∆QALYs lost

ICER ($/QALYs)

Only Ag

$353

n/a

0.00709

n/a

n/a

Only PCR

$560

$207

0.00117

0.00592

$34,980

IgG, if positive PCR

$836

$277

0.00860

− 0.00743

Dominated

IgG + PCR

$979

$419

0.00116

0.00001

$34,048,150

No test

$981

$421

0.02299

− 0.02182

Dominated

Only IgG

$1393

$833

0.02279

− 0.02163

Dominated

  1. Some 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