Estimating cost savings of pharmacogenetic testing for depression in real-world clinical settings

Alejandra Maciel, Ali Cullors, Andrew A Lukowiak, Jorge Garces AltheaDx, San Diego, CA, USA Abstract: The burden of depression significantly impacts the patient, the health care system, and society, at large. Medication management guided by pharmacogenetics has been shown to increase therapeutic e...

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Autores principales: Maciel A, Cullors A, Lukowiak AA, Garces J
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:4d941f45cf7e49d995b22e26b72b4f952021-12-02T04:41:07ZEstimating cost savings of pharmacogenetic testing for depression in real-world clinical settings1178-2021https://doaj.org/article/4d941f45cf7e49d995b22e26b72b4f952018-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/estimating-cost-savings-of-pharmacogenetic-testing-for-depression-in-r-peer-reviewed-article-NDThttps://doaj.org/toc/1178-2021Alejandra Maciel, Ali Cullors, Andrew A Lukowiak, Jorge Garces AltheaDx, San Diego, CA, USA Abstract: The burden of depression significantly impacts the patient, the health care system, and society, at large. Medication management guided by pharmacogenetics has been shown to increase therapeutic efficacy and improve symptoms in patients diagnosed with depression, but limited data are available on the cost savings of pharmacogenetic-guided interventions outside of psychiatric clinical specialties. Our study utilizes published health care costs and clinical patient outcome data to model the economic impact of pharmacogenetic-guided treatment for depression in a variety of clinical settings. Assuming a test cost of USD$2,000 for pharmacogenetic testing, the model predicts a savings of USD$3,962 annually per patient with pharmacogenetic-guided medication management. Keywords: pharmacogenetics, depression, personalized medicine, cost savings, pharmacoeconomics, psychotropic, cytochrome P450Maciel ACullors ALukowiak AAGarces JDove Medical PressarticlePharmacogeneticsdepressionpersonalized medicinecost-savingspharmacoeconomicspsychotropiccytochrome P450Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. NeuropsychiatryRC321-571Neurology. Diseases of the nervous systemRC346-429ENNeuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, Vol Volume 14, Pp 225-230 (2018)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Pharmacogenetics
depression
personalized medicine
cost-savings
pharmacoeconomics
psychotropic
cytochrome P450
Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
RC321-571
Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
RC346-429
spellingShingle Pharmacogenetics
depression
personalized medicine
cost-savings
pharmacoeconomics
psychotropic
cytochrome P450
Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
RC321-571
Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
RC346-429
Maciel A
Cullors A
Lukowiak AA
Garces J
Estimating cost savings of pharmacogenetic testing for depression in real-world clinical settings
description Alejandra Maciel, Ali Cullors, Andrew A Lukowiak, Jorge Garces AltheaDx, San Diego, CA, USA Abstract: The burden of depression significantly impacts the patient, the health care system, and society, at large. Medication management guided by pharmacogenetics has been shown to increase therapeutic efficacy and improve symptoms in patients diagnosed with depression, but limited data are available on the cost savings of pharmacogenetic-guided interventions outside of psychiatric clinical specialties. Our study utilizes published health care costs and clinical patient outcome data to model the economic impact of pharmacogenetic-guided treatment for depression in a variety of clinical settings. Assuming a test cost of USD$2,000 for pharmacogenetic testing, the model predicts a savings of USD$3,962 annually per patient with pharmacogenetic-guided medication management. Keywords: pharmacogenetics, depression, personalized medicine, cost savings, pharmacoeconomics, psychotropic, cytochrome P450
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title Estimating cost savings of pharmacogenetic testing for depression in real-world clinical settings
title_short Estimating cost savings of pharmacogenetic testing for depression in real-world clinical settings
title_full Estimating cost savings of pharmacogenetic testing for depression in real-world clinical settings
title_fullStr Estimating cost savings of pharmacogenetic testing for depression in real-world clinical settings
title_full_unstemmed Estimating cost savings of pharmacogenetic testing for depression in real-world clinical settings
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