Health economic evaluation of screening and treating children with familial hypercholesterolemia early in life: Many happy returns on investment? Z Ademi et al, Atherosclerosis, May 20, 2020

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Health economic evaluation of screening and treating children with familial hypercholesterolemia early in life: Many happy returns on investment?
Z Ademi et al, Atherosclerosis, May 20, 2020

Undiscounted results showed that compared with usual care, cascade screening of ten year-old children for FH and initiation of treatment of affected individuals saved 7.77 LYG and 7.53 QALYs per person over a lifetime. The cascade screening of ten year-old children for FH and initiation of treatment compared to usual case was a cost saving approach.