Cost-Effectiveness of Pharmacopuncture Versus Conventional Acupuncture for Insomnia: An RCT-Based Economic Evaluation with a Markov Model

Key Points

• This research evaluates the cost-effectiveness of pharmacopuncture compared to conventional acupuncture for treating insomnia.
• Randomized controlled trial design
• Comparative analysis of pharmacopuncture and conventional acupuncture
• Markov model for economic evaluation
• Assessment of cost per responder over two months
• Pharmacopuncture shows a cost per additional responder of KRW 400,000 over 2 months
• At a threshold of KRW 27,660,000, pharmacopuncture is considered cost-effective
• Favorable economic implications for managing insomnia compared to traditional methods