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Table 3 De-implementation total costs and costs per unit, converted by the authors to USD 2021 value (on October 25, 2022)

From: Reporting of costs and economic impacts in randomized trials of de-implementation interventions for low-value care: a systematic scoping review

Author and year

Target clinical intervention

Total costs in USD (2021 value)

Unit costs in USD (2021 value)

Alexander et al. (1996) [35]

Rehabilitation

9710b

 

Bexell et al. (1996) [36]

Drug treatment

6470b

 

Dormuth et al. (2012) [37]

Drug treatment

118,000b

 

Gulliford et al. (2019) [38]

Drug treatment, AB

747,000a

 

Hemkens et al. (2017) [39]

Drug treatment

330,000b

 

Köpke et al. (2012) [40]

Prevention

43,600b

 

Ashworth et al. (2021) [41]

Drug treatment

7071c

10.2–65.23/doctor

Butler et al. (2012) [26]

Drug treatment

163,0001

49501/health care unit

Coenen et al. (2004) [42]

Drug treatment

6845d

2804/doctor

Gulliford et al. 2014) [43]

Drug treatment, AB

579,000a

0.461/patient

Nejad et al. (2016) [44]

Drug treatment

616b

0.672/doctor

Solomon et al. (2001) [45]

Drug treatment, AB

32,300b

32,3002/health care unit

Zwar et al. (1999) [27]

Drug treatment, AB

22,175e

2845/doctor

Avorn et al. (1983) [46]

Drug treatment

 

2322/doctor

Cals et al. (2011) [47]

Drug treatment

 

3.624/patient

Das et al. (2016) [48]

Drug treatment

 

1962/health care provider

Soumerai et al. (1993) [28]

Blood transfusion

 

12902/day

Wei et al. (2019) [77]

Drug treatment, AB

 

4122/health care unit

  1. References of currency conversions
  2. aLawrence H. Officer and Samuel H. Williamson, “Computing ‘Real Value’ Over Time With a Conversion Between U.K. Pounds and U.S. Dollars, 1791 to Present,” MeasuringWorth, 2022, www.measuringworth.com/exchange/
  3. bSamuel H. Williamson, “Seven Ways to Compute the Relative Value of a U.S. Dollar Amount, 1790 to present,” Measuring Worth, 2022, https://www.measuringworth.com/calculators/uscompare/
  4. cLawrence H. Officer, “Exchange Rates Between the United States Dollar and Forty-one Currencies,” MeasuringWorth, 2022, http://www.measuringworth.com/exchangeglobal/
  5. d4 first converted with reference c to USD, then with reference b to present value
  6. efirst converted with Diane Hutchinson and Florian Ploeckl, "Five Ways to Compute the Relative Value of Australian Amounts, 1828 to the Present", MeasuringWorth, 2022 https://www.measuringworth.com/calculators/australiacompare/ AUD in present value, then with reference c AUD to USD