Artikel ; Online: When Is Mass Prophylaxis Cost-Effective for Epidemic Control? A Comparison of Decision Approaches.
Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making
2022 Band 42, Heft 8, Seite(n) 1052–1063
Abstract: Background: For certain communicable disease outbreaks, mass prophylaxis of uninfected individuals can curtail new infections. When an outbreak emerges, decision makers could benefit from methods to quickly determine whether mass prophylaxis is cost- ... ...
| Abstract | Background: For certain communicable disease outbreaks, mass prophylaxis of uninfected individuals can curtail new infections. When an outbreak emerges, decision makers could benefit from methods to quickly determine whether mass prophylaxis is cost-effective. We consider 2 approaches: a simple decision model and machine learning meta-models. The motivating example is plague in Madagascar. Methods: We use a susceptible-exposed-infectious-removed (SEIR) epidemic model to derive a decision rule based on the fraction of the population infected, effective reproduction ratio, infection fatality rate, quality-adjusted life-year loss associated with death, prophylaxis effectiveness and cost, time horizon, and willingness-to-pay threshold. We also develop machine learning meta-models of a detailed model of plague in Madagascar using logistic regression, random forest, and neural network models. In numerical experiments, we compare results using the decision rule and the meta-models to results obtained using the simulation model. We vary the initial fraction of the population infected, the effective reproduction ratio, the intervention start date and duration, and the cost of prophylaxis. Limitations: We assume homogeneous mixing and no negative side effects due to antibiotic prophylaxis. Results: The simple decision rule matched the SEIR model outcome in 85.4% of scenarios. Using data for a 2017 plague outbreak in Madagascar, the decision rule correctly indicated that mass prophylaxis was not cost-effective. The meta-models were significantly more accurate, with an accuracy of 92.8% for logistic regression, 95.8% for the neural network model, and 96.9% for the random forest model. Conclusions: A simple decision rule using minimal information about an outbreak can accurately evaluate the cost-effectiveness of mass prophylaxis for outbreak mitigation. Meta-models of a complex disease simulation can achieve higher accuracy but with greater computational and data requirements and less interpretability. Highlights: We use a susceptible-exposed-infectious-removed model and net monetary benefit to derive a simple decision rule to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of mass prophylaxis.We use the example of plague in Madagascar to compare the performance of the analytically derived decision rule to that of machine learning meta-models trained on a stochastic dynamic transmission model.We assess the accuracy of each approach for different combinations of disease dynamics and intervention scenarios.The machine learning meta-models are more accurate predictors of mass prophylaxis cost-effectiveness. However, the simple decision rule is also accurate and may be a preferred substitute in low-resource settings. |
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| Mesh-Begriff(e) | Humans ; Cost-Benefit Analysis ; Plague/epidemiology ; Quality-Adjusted Life Years ; Epidemics |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| Erscheinungsdatum | 2022-05-19 |
| Erscheinungsland | United States |
| Dokumenttyp | Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural |
| ZDB-ID | 604497-9 |
| ISSN | 1552-681X ; 0272-989X |
| ISSN (online) | 1552-681X |
| ISSN | 0272-989X |
| DOI | 10.1177/0272989X221098409 |
| Datenquelle | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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