Budget impact analysis of cabergoline for medical treatment of Cushing’s disease in Brazil
Lukas Fernando de Oliveira Silva,
Julia Simões Corrêa Galendi,
Manoel Ricardo Alves Martins
et al.
Abstract:Objective
The aim of this study was to estimate the budget impact of adding cabergoline to the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) formulary for the treatment of patients with Cushing’s disease (CD) who do not achieve disease control after transsphenoidal surgery.
Materials and methods
We conducted a budget impact analysis (BIA) from the perspective of the Brazilian SUS over a 5-year time horizon. We compared two scenarios: ketoconazole (Scenario 1) versus including c… Show more
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