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Table 4 Deterministic sensitivity analysis: range of values tested

From: A telemonitoring programme in patients with heart failure in France: a cost-utility analysis

Parameter

Base case

Lower bound

Upper bound

Duration of participation in the SCAD programme (months)

6

− 20%

 + 20%

TP No previous hospitalisation for HF to death

0.006

− 20%

 + 20%

TP One previous hospitalisation for HF to death

0.008

− 20%

 + 20%

TP Two previous hospitalisations for HF to death

0.018

− 20%

 + 20%

TP First hospitalisation for HF to death

0.008

− 20%

 + 20%

TP Rehospitalisation for HF to death

0.018

− 20%

 + 20%

TP No previous hospitalisation for HF to first hospitalisation for HF

0.006

− 20%

 + 20%

TP One previous hospitalisation for HF to rehospitalisation for HF

0.017

− 20%

 + 20%

TP Two previous hospitalisations for HF to rehospitalisation for HF

0.017

− 20%

 + 20%

TP risk adjustment HF hospitalisation < 70 years NYHA I/II

0.794

− 20%

 + 20%

TP risk adjustment HF hospitalisation < 70 years NYHA III/IV

1.428

− 20%

 + 20%

TP risk adjustment HF hospitalisation ≥ 70 years NYHA I/II

0.745

− 20%

 + 20%

TP risk adjustment HF hospitalisation ≥ 70 years NYHA III/IV

1.324

− 20%

 + 20%

TP risk adjustment death < 70 years NYHA I/II

0.756

− 20%

 + 20%

TP risk adjustment death < 70 years NYHA III/IV

1.482

− 20%

 + 20%

TP risk adjustment death ≥ 70 years NYHA I/II

0.706

− 20%

 + 20%

TP risk adjustment death ≥ 70 years NYHA III/IV

1.360

− 20%

 + 20%

Relative risk of hospitalisation for HF due to SCAD

0.5

− 20%

 + 20%

Persistence of effectiveness of SCAD programme (months)

60

90

120

Relative risk of death due to SCAD

0.535

− 20%

 + 20%

Utility ≥ 70 years NYHA I/II

0.749

− 20%

 + 20%

Utility under70 NYHA III/IV

0.669

− 20%

 + 20%

Utility under70 NYHA I/II

0.788

− 20%

 + 20%

Utility ≥ 70 years NYHA III/IV

0.603

− 20%

 + 20%

HF hospitalisation cost with SCAD

5742

− 20%

 + 20%

HH hospitalisation cost without SCAD

7138

− 20%

 + 20%

Management cost without SCAD (monthly)

197.8

− 20%

 + 20%

Management cost with SCAD (monthly)

268.5

− 20%

 + 20%

Palliative care cost

20,847

− 20%

 + 20%

Discount rate

2.5%

1.5%

4%

  1. NYHA New York Heart Association class; SCAD Suivi Clinique A Domicile; TP transition probability