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Assumptions about cost and effectiveness parameters
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Turkey
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USA
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Success rate
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Cost (USD)
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Cost per successful pregnancy
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Success rate
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Cost (USD)
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Cost per successful pregnancy
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|---|
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Average success rate based on patient age and average cost
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37.7
|
8,500
|
22,546
|
25.5
|
12,400
|
48,627
|
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Reduction in success rate by 10 % in Turkey and improvement in USA (lower average age of patients in the USA)a
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33.9
|
8,500
|
25,074
|
29.2
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12,400
|
42,466
|
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Increase in cost by 10 % in Turkey and higher success rate in USAb
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37.7
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9,350
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24,801
|
35.0
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12,400
|
35,429
|
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Increase in cost by 10 % and reduction in success rate by 10 % in Turkey
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33.9
|
9,350
|
27,581
|
25.5
|
12,400
|
48,627
|
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aIt is assumed that patients are equally distributed among the five age groups of patients in the USA (age groups in Table 3)
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bIt is assumed that only 20 % of patients in the USA are from the age group more than 40 years while it is 50 % for Turkey, the group with relatively low success rate
