Cost-effectiveness analysis
illness
We performed a cost-utility analysis based on the societal perspective, including hospital, outpatient and community care, and productivity losses due to illness. Incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs) were expressed in terms of costs per quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) gained, in accordance with Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards (CHEERS) and the French National Authority for Health (HAS) guidelines for economic evaluation (HAS, 