Skip to main content

Table 1 Overview of literature on cost of SMA

From: Systematic literature review of the economic burden of spinal muscular atrophy and economic evaluations of treatments

References

Country

Year

Sample size

Population age

Type of study

Perspective

Type of cost

Year of costing

Funding

Armstrong et al. [24]

USA

2016

239:

Ā 45ā€‰<ā€‰1Ā year

Ā 194ā€‰>ā€‰1Ā year

7.5+/āˆ’Ā 6.4

Cross-sectional, retrospective, and prospective

Healthcare costs

Direct healthcare

2003ā€“2012

Conducted by Biogen

Chambers et al. [31]

Australia

2020

40:

Ā 4 SMA1

Ā 26 SMA2

Ā 10 SMA3

SMA1: 2.7 (1ā€“5)

SMA2: 9.8 (2ā€“22)

SMA3: 6.9 (1ā€“12)

Cross-sectional

retrospective

Societal costs

Direct healthcare

Direct non-healthcare

Indirect

2016ā€“2017

Funded by the Motor Neurone Diseases Research institute of Australia Beryl Bayley

Darba et al. [27]

Spain

2020

396 SMA1, 2 3 and 4

Ā 

Cross-sectional

retrospective

Healthcare costs

Direct healthcare

2014ā€“2016

No

Droege et al. [29]

USA

2019

6526:

Ā 349 SMA1

Ā 45 SMA1 treated with nusinersen

Ā 5728 SMA2, 3, 4

Ā 404 SMA2, 3, 4 treated with nusinersen

SMA1: 9.2Ā months

SMA1 nusinersen: 12.2Ā months

SMA others: 30.9Ā years

SMA others nusinersen: 14.8Ā years

Retrospective

Healthcare costs

Direct healthcare

09/2016ā€“08/2018

Conducted by Avexis

Klug et al. (30)

Germany

2016

189:

Ā 12 SMA1

Ā 73 SMA2

Ā 104 SMA3

ā€‰<ā€‰1 to 73

Cross-sectional

retrospective

Healthcare and societal costs

Direct healthcare

Direct non-healthcare

Indirect

2013

Grant of the Friedrich-Baur-GmbH mā€™

Lee et al. (25)

USA

2019

229 severe SMA (<ā€‰1Ā year)

Ā 

Cross-sectional

retrospective

Healthcare costs

Direct healthcare

2005ā€“2013

No

Lewin Group (23)

USA

2012

745:

Ā 14 early onset SMA

Ā 731 SMA other (3ā€“4)

ā€‰<ā€‰1 to 65

Cross-sectional

retrospective

Healthcare and societal costs

Direct healthcare

Direct non-healthcare

Indirect

2008

Conducted by Muscular Dystrophy Association

Lopez-Bastida et al. [61]

Spain

2017

81:

Ā 8 SMA1

Ā 60 SMA2

Ā 13 SMA3

7.22

Cross-sectional

retrospective

Healthcare and societal costs

Direct healthcare

Direct non-healthcare

2015

Supported by Biogen

PeƱa-Longobardo et al. [28]

France, German, UK

2020

86:

Ā 23 SMA1

Ā 45 SMA2

Ā 18 SMA 3

6.9

Cross-sectional

prospective

Societal costs

Direct healthcare

Direct non-healthcare

2015

Supported by Biogen