Question

Given:

Treatment E: Cost = $5,000, benefit = survival rate of 60%

Treatment F: Cost = $7,000, benefit = survival rate of 50%

Treatment G: Cost = $4,000, benefit = survival rate of 40%

Treatment H: Cost =$5,000, benefit = survival rate of 30%

Treatment K: Cost =$3,000, benefit = survival rate of 55%

Treatment J: Cost = $6,000, benefit = survival rate of 68%

1.

Which treatment does J obviously dominate?

G and H

K

E

F

none of the above

2.

After removing all the obviously dominated treatments what are the treatments left for ICER analysis in the right order?

Treatments E, F, then G

Treatments K, E, then J

Treatments K, E, then G

Treatments E, J, then H

Treatments K, E, then F

Answer 1

Answer:

Given information of 6 treatments.

1. treatment does J obviously dominate is:

Since the cost is less and benefit is more for J, it dominates F.

option (d): F is correct

2. After removing all the obviously dominated treatments the treatments left for ICER analysis in the right order are:

Since K has the lowest cost and the ascending order of cost would be K, E,J

option (b): Treatments K, E, then J