Table 74Description of sensitivity analysis (new strategy versus old strategy)

Study/strategyPathogenICER
Base case1. Drug to treat chronic infection2. Nebuliser cost3. Utility of intermittent infection4. Cost to treat an exacerbation5. Shared Care model
Cohort segregation
France 2008iBCCDominatedNANADominatedNANA
Whitford 1995iBCCDominantNANADominantNADominant
Federiksen 1999iPA£241,185NA£236,693£123,541NANA
Lee 2004 (prevalence)iPADominatedNADominatedDominatedNADominated
Federiksen 1999cPADominantDominantDominantNADominantNA
Hoiby 1989cPADominantDominantDominantNADominantNA
Lee 2004 (prevalence)cPADominant£19,021DominantNA£22,128Dominant
Protective equipment
Savant 2014iPADominantNADominantDominantNANA
Chen 2001iBCCDominantNANADominantNANA
Inpatient beds
Chen 2001iBCCDominantNANADominantNANA
France 2008iBCCDominantNANADominantNANA

iBCC, intermittent B cepacia complex; iPA, intermittent P aeruginosa; ICER, incremental cost-effectiveness ratio; NA, not applicable

From: Appendix K, Health Economics

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