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Table 5 Total and incremental effectiveness and costs

From: Early decision-analytic modeling – a case study on vascular closure devices

Type of catheterization

Method of hemostasis

Total number of complications (per catheterization)

Total costs (€/catheterization)

Incremental effectiveness (# complications prev./ catheterization)

Incremental costs (€/catheterization)

ICER (€/complication prev.)

Diagnostic & interventional

MC

0.100

3,667

0.016

39

Dominated

VCD

0.116

3,706

Diagnostic

MC

0.113

1,105

−0.008

77

9,142

VCD

0.105

1,182

Interventional

MC

0.102

4,930

0.023

36

Dominated

VCD

0.125

4,966

  1. ICER incremental cost effectiveness ratio, prev. prevented