UPA | LNG | ICER* | |||
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Pregnancy rate (%) | All costs† | Pregnancy rate (%) | All costs† | ||
1. All healthcare costs of unintended pregnancy=£1663 | 1.4 | £50.23 | 2.2 | £51.79 | −£194 |
2. Health and social cost of unintended pregnancy=£2922 | 1.4 | £67.86 | 2.2 | £79.48 | −£1453 |
3. Pregnancy rate within 24 h of UPSI (with healthcare cost of unintended pregnancy=£1663) | 0.9 | £41.92 | 2.5 | £56.78 | −£929 |
4. Pregnancy rate within 24 h of UPSI (health and social care costs=£2922) | 0.9 | £53.25 | 2.5 | £88.25 | −£2188 |
*ICER is the difference in total costs divided by the difference in pregnancy rate.
†All costs are the drug cost (£16.95 for UPA and £5.20 for LNG)8+£10 pharmacy consultation+cost of pregnancy in EHC failures (pregnancy rate×cost of unintended pregnancy).
EHC, emergency hormonal contraception; ICER, incremental cost-effectiveness ratio; LNG, levonorgestrel; UPA, ulipristal acetate.