Cost-effectiveness of alternative minimum recall intervals between whole blood donations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The INTERVAL trial showed shorter inter-donation intervals could safely increase the frequency of whole-blood donation. We extended the INTERVAL trial to consider the relative cost-effectiveness of reduced inter-donation intervals.

Methods

Our within-trial cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) used data from 44,863 whole-blood donors randomly assigned to 12, 10 or 8 week (males), and 16, 14 or 12 week inter-donation intervals (females). The CEA analysed the number of whole-blood donations, deferrals including low- haemoglobin deferrals, and donors' health-related quality of life (QoL) to report costs and cost-effectiveness over two years.

Findings

The mean number of blood donation visits over two years was higher for the reduced interval strategies, for males (

SUBMITTER: Sadique Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9384981 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature