Efficacy and cost effectiveness of intravenous ferric carboxymaltose versus iron sucrose in adult patients with iron deficiency anaemia.

Ahmad BashaMohamed Izham Mohamed IbrahimAnas HamadPrem ChandraNabil Elhadi OmarMohamed Abdul Jaber AbdullahMahmood B AldaptRadwa M HusseinAhmad MahfouzAhmad A AdelHawraa M ShwayliaYaslem EkeibedRami AbuMousaMohamed A Yassin

Published in: PloS one (2021)

The higher cost of FCM versus IS can be offset by savings in healthcare personnel time and bed space. ICER indicated that further justifications and decisions need to be made for FCM when using Hgb, iron, TSAT, MCH and MCV levels as surrogate outcomes.

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