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Table 6 Costs, cost difference, and net monetary benefit for different input parameters, 80 year time horizon

From: Cost burden and net monetary benefit loss of neonatal hypoglycaemia

Utility Source and Method

Cost method

Discount Rate

Prevalence Source

Cost, NZ$, Hospital and Post-Discharge

Utility, QALYs

Net Monetary Benefit Loss, NZ$

    

Neonatal Hypoglycaemia

No Neonatal Hypoglycaemia

Difference

Neonatal Hypoglycaemia

No Neonatal Hypoglycaemia

λ = $43 k

λ = $14 k

Kwon et al., minimum value

Outcome with greatest cost

3.5%

Mean, all outcomes

$72,233.42

$6175.89

$66,057.53

21.25

23.89

$180,252.41

$103,775.53

Kwon et al., minimum value

Sum of all outcomes

3.5%

Mean, all outcomes

$71,847.80

$6137.82

$65,709.97

21.25

23.89

$179,906.51

$104,723.87

Kwon et al., product of values

Outcome with greatest cost

3.5%

Mean, all outcomes

$71,928.23

$6155.35

$65,772.88

21.19

23.89

$182,624.71

$111,480.44

Petrou et al., minimum value

Outcome with greatest cost

3.5%

Mean, all outcomes

$72,478.70

$6193.92

$66,284.79

22.08

25.22

$201,874.00

$99,124.63

Carrol et al., TTO, minimum value

Outcome with greatest cost

3.5%

Mean, all outcomes

$72,147.79

$6166.69

$65,981.10

25.09

27.39

$165,411.90

$98,896.91

Carrol et al., SG, minimum value

Outcome with greatest cost

3.5%

Mean, all outcomes

$71,866.26

$6188.04

$65,678.22

25.09

27.39

$165,335.51

$287,808.34

Kwon et al., minimum value

Outcome with greatest cost

0.0%

Mean, all outcomes

$193,484.20

$15,707.46

$177,776.74

61.41

69.04

$507,875.19

$78,883.76

Kwon et al., minimum value

Outcome with greatest cost

5.0%

Mean, all outcomes

$55,431.26

$4859.70

$50,571.56

15.79

17.76

$135,510.35

$33,429.72

Kwon et al., minimum value

Outcome with greatest cost

3.5%

Minimum, all outcomes

$30,945.31

$6208.07

$24,737.24

23.29

23.89

$50,818.36

$106,689.74

Kwon et al., minimum value

Outcome with greatest cost

3.5%

Mean, with vision disorders and epilepsy values equal to population without hypoglycaemia

$73,723.28

$6188.28

$67,534.99

21.18

23.89

$184,998.44

$103,775.53

  1. Abbreviations: QALY quality-adjusted life year, λ willingness-to-pay, SG standard gamble, TTO time trade-off
  2. To convert NZ$ to US$ multiply by 0.6938