Table 3 Number of syncope hospital admissions, diagnosed patients and costs for ILR and CDP groups in different scenarios
Model output | ILR | CDP | Overall savings | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time horizon | Lifetime | 3 years | Lifetime | 3 years | Lifetime | 3 years |
Number of patients diagnosed | 175 | 135 | 143 | 40 | 32 | 95 |
Number of patients undiagnosed and alive | 1 | 58 | 2 | 152 | -1 | -94 |
Total syncope episodes | 531 | 215 | 1,141 | 315 | 610 | 100 |
Number of injuries (major and minor) | 278 | 112 | 596 | 165 | 318 | 53 |
Costs – device acquisition | 394,000€ | 394,000€ | 0€ | 0€ | -394,000€ | -394,000€ |
Costs – device-related expenses | 71,101€ | 71,101€ | 0€ | 0€ | -71,101€ | -71,101€ |
Costs – syncope admissions | 705,292€ | 353,756€ | 1,431,910€ | 513,879€ | 726,618€ | 160,123€ |
Costs – diagnostic tests* | 34,228€ | 0€ | 139,422€ | 50,035€ | 105,194€ | 50,035€ |
Costs – total (Sousa Pedro) | 1,204,621€ | 818,857€ | 1,571,332€ | 563,915€ | 366,711€ | -254,943€ |
Costs – total (Edvardsson) | 1,402,037€ | 818,857€ | 2,375,465€ | 852,499€ | 973,429€ | 33,642€ |
Costs – total (Baron-Esquivias) | 1,188,830€ | 818,857€ | 1,507,011€ | 540,831€ | 318,181€ | -278,026€ |
Costs – total (Brignole) | 1,206,495€ | 818,857€ | 1,578,965€ | 566,654€ | 372,470€ | -252,203€ |
Costs – total (Farwell) | 1,185,476€ | 818,857€ | 1,493,347€ | 535,928€ | 307,872€ | -282,929€ |