Figure 1From: A cost-utility and budget impact analysis of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for severe thalassemic patients in Thailand Schematic diagram of the Markov model. Each thalassemic patient has two treatment options (i.e. HSCT and BT-ICT). The Markov model consists of five health states and patients receiving HSCT can transition through each of these health states whereas BT-ICT patients can be in either alive BT-ICT state or death state. The cycle length is one year with a 99-year time horizon. HSCT: hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; BT-ICT: blood transfusion combined with subcutaneous iron chelating therapy.Back to article page