Table 31.5: Cost-Effectiveness Results: Depression

Cost-Effectiveness Results: Depression
Model definition:
Treatment setting: primary health careWorld Bank region
Treatment coverage: 50 percentSub-Saharan AfricaLatin America and the CaribbeanMiddle East and North AfricaEurope and Central AsiaSouth AsiaEast Asia and the Pacific
Total effect (DALYs averted per year per 1 million population)
Current situation133264218308218243
Episodic treatment: older antidepressant drug (TCA)599995920874987891
Episodic treatment: newer antidepressant drug (SSRI)6321,0499719251,042941
Episodic psychosocial treatment6241,0369589361,028927
Episodic psychosocial treatment plus older antidepressant7451,2371,1441,1001,2281,107
Episodic psychosocial treatment plus newer antidepressant7451,2371,1441,1001,2281,107
Maintenance psychosocial treatment plus older antidepressant1,1741,9531,8061,7891,9371,747
Maintenance psychosocial treatment plus newer antidepressant1,1741,9531,8061,7891,9371,747
Total cost (US$ million per year per 1 million population)
Current situation0.360.900.630.740.560.67
Episodic treatment: older antidepressant drug (TCA)0.301.280.960.810.470.47
Episodic treatment: newer antidepressant drug (SSRI)0.661.861.471.391.040.99
Episodic psychosocial treatment0.371.671.270.970.550.53
Episodic psychosocial treatment plus older antidepressant0.501.961.531.210.770.72
Episodic psychosocial treatment plus newer antidepressant0.902.602.101.851.401.29
Maintenance psychosocial treatment plus older antidepressant0.963.442.772.191.451.38
Maintenance psychosocial treatment plus newer antidepressant1.804.803.993.562.812.59
Cost-effectiveness (US$ per DALY averted)
Current situation2,6923,4142,9052,3912,5462,777
Episodic treatment: older antidepressant drug (TCA)5051,2881,039929478533
Episodic treatment: newer antidepressant drug (SSRI)1,0421,7711,5161,5011,0031,048
Episodic psychosocial treatment5921,6111,3301,035537570
Episodic psychosocial treatment plus older antidepressant6741,5861,3351,104627653
Episodic psychosocial treatment plus newer antidepressant1,2032,1011,8341,6821,1401,161
Maintenance psychosocial treatment plus older antidepressant8171,7601,5331,226749788
Maintenance psychosocial treatment plus newer antidepressant1,5352,4592,2111,9901,4491,481

Source: Authors' own estimates.

Note: Intervention data in bold are the most cost-effective treatments of choice.