Table 4

Cost differences for SC and POC strategies

SubgroupComparisonQALY differenceMicrocostingTariff costs
Cost differenceICER
(£/QALY gained)
Cost differenceICER
(£/QALY gained)
AllPOC A vs SC124£5  646 309£45 516−£20 407 228Cost-saving
POC B vs SC94£11  783 348£125 197−£20 076 031Cost-saving
POC C vs SC335£12 254 482£36 585−£26 451 382Cost-saving
POC B vs A−30£6 137 039Dominated£331 197Dominated
POC C vs B241£471 133£1956−£6 375 350Cost-saving
WomenPOC A vs SC51£1 815 921£35 608−£10 754 668Cost-saving
POC B vs SC21£4 731 548£222 568−£10 613 081Cost-saving
POC C vs SC185£4 163 407£22 448−£14 705 715Cost-saving
POC B vs A−30£2 915 627Dominated£141 587Dominated
POC C vs B164−£5 68 141Cost-saving−£4 092 634Cost-saving
MSWPOC A vs SC47£4 22 715£9005−£6 702 672Cost-saving
POC B vs SC38£2 144 488£56 104−£6 199 430Cost-saving
POC C vs SC102£1 800 685£17 724−£8 088 999Cost-saving
POC B vs A−9£1 721 773Dominated£503 242Dominated
POC C vs B63−£343 804Cost-saving-£1 889 570Cost-saving
MSMPOC A vs SC26£3 407 672£130 508−£2 949 888Cost-saving
POC B vs SC35£4 907 312£141 683−£3 263 521Cost-saving
POC C vs SC48£6 290 390£131 319−£3 656 668Cost-saving
POC B vs A9£1 499 639£175 909−£313 633Cost-saving
POC C vs B13£1 383 078£104 258−£393 147Cost-saving
  • ICER, incremental cost-effectiveness ratios; MSW, men-who-have-sex-with-women; MSM, men-who-have-sex-with-men; POC, point-of-care; QALY, quality-adjusted life year; SC, standard care.