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Table 4 Summary of healing time and QALYs during the first year of follow-up

From: Cost-effectiveness of compression technologies for evidence-informed leg ulcer care: results from the Canadian Bandaging Trial

 

4LB (n = 215)

SSB (n = 209)

 

Median (95% CI)

Median (95% CI)

Healing time (days)

62 (51, 73)

77 (63, 91)

Ulcer-free days

−15 (−32, 21)

 

Mean (95% CI)

Mean (95% CI)

Quality-adjusted life years

0.839 (0.811, 0.862)

0.830 (0.809, 0.851)

Difference (QALYs)

0.009 (−0.019, 0.037 )

  1. Abbreviations: 4LB: four-layer bandage. SSB: short-stretch bandage. CI: confidence interval derived from the 1000 bootstrapped samples. QALY: Quality-adjusted life year.