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Table 4 Threshold analyses

From: Cost‐effectiveness of intensive care for hospitalized COVID-19 patients: experience from South Africa

Variable Description

Base Value

Threshold Value

% Change

Interpretation

Proportion of critical patients dying from ICU (pdeadICU)

0.54

0.23

-57 %

57 % decrease in ICU mortality renders ICU cost-effective

Cost per ICU day public (cICUpub)

17,845

9,227

-48 %

48 % decrease in cost per ICU day in public sector renders ICU cost-effective

LoS in ICU in critical patients (uICU)

8.80

5.5

-38 %

38 % decrease in ICU length of stay renders ICU cost-effective

LoS in general ward in critical patients in absence of ICU (uIPDcritical)

8.80

24.59

179 %

179 % increase in length of stay for critical patients managed in general ward renders ICU cost-effective

Years of life lost if dying from COVID-19 (YLL)

5.40

10.21

89 %

89 % increase in YLL in those dying renders ICU cost-effective