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Table 4 Sensitivity analysis

From: Intensive care unit mortality and cost-effectiveness associated with intensivist staffing: a Japanese nationwide observational study

 

Reduction rate for LYG estimation

Utility value for QALY estimation

Difference in cost (JPY)

Difference in life expectancy (years)

Difference in LYG (years)

Difference in QALY (years)

ICER (JPY/QALY)

Case 1 (Basic case)

0.65

0.63

566,724

1.93

1.25

0.79

718,659

Case 2 (Best case)

0.8

0.9

566,724

1.93

1.55

1.39

407,480

Case 3 (Worst case)

0.5

0.5

566,724

1.93

0.97

0.48

1,173,541

  1. LYG life year gained, QALY quality-adjusted life-year, ICER incremental cost-effectiveness ratio, JPY Japanese Yen