Article Excerpt: Using the reSET-O app in addition to other opioid treatments lowered healthcare costs by $1,014 and added 0.003 quality-adjusted life years compared with treatment alone… Researchers used a decision-analytic model to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of reSET-O from the perspective of a third-party payer over the course of 12 weeks, the length of one reSET-O prescription. Clinical effectiveness data was pulled from a 2014 clinical trial, while economic input included the cost of the digital prescription therapeutic, medical costs from a cohort treated with reSET-O, costs for non-retained patients and the expense for buprenorphine.
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