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Fig. 3 | BMC Health Services Research

Fig. 3

From: Deceased donor kidney allocation: an economic evaluation of contemporary longevity matching practices

Fig. 3

Mean and range of the incremental cost, QALY and NMB for each allocation options compared with current practice; a Incremental cost, b Incremental QALY, c Incremental NMB. The black vertical line in all three graphs indicate the range of values generated from the 20,000 iterations in PSA. Negative incremental cost (a) indicates a cost saving compared to current practice. The option with the highest probability of negative incremental cost has the most probability of being cost saving compared to current practice. Negative incremental QALY (b) indicates less effectiveness compared to the current practice and the option with the lowest probability of negative incremental QALY has the most probability of being effective compared to current practice. Negative incremental NMB (c) indicates the option is not cost effective compared to current practice. Probability of error indicated the probability of the option not being the cost-effective option compared to current practice. Therefore, the option with the lowest probability of error is the most suitable option. *Results presented for 1000 patients for 20-year time horizon; # NMB - Net Monetary Benefit. Option 1: Best 20% of KDRI donor kidneys transplanted to best 20% of EPTS recipients. Option 2: Worst 20% of KDRI donor kidneys transplanted to worst 20% of EPTS recipients. Option 3: Youngest 25% of donor kidneys transplanted to youngest 25% of recipients. Option 4: Oldest 25% of donor kidneys transplanted to oldest 25% of recipients.

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