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Table 4 Incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs) and probabilities of each intervention being the most cost effective at various willingness-to-pay thresholds

From: The impact of incorporating Bayesian network meta-analysis in cost-effectiveness analysis - a case study of pharmacotherapies for moderate to severe COPD

Intervention

Meta-analysis

ICER

Probability of being cost-effective by willingness-to-pay threshold

$30,000/QALY

$50,000/QALY

$70,000/QALY

$100,000/QALY

Placebo as reference

Placebo

PTC

Reference

35%

10%

3%

0%

MTC

Reference

37%

12%

3%

2%

ICS

PTC

27044

40%

42%

38%

31%

MTC

27614

49%

55%

44%

31%

LABA

PTC

65509

1%

6%

6%

5%

MTC

64339

1%

2%

1%

0%

ICS + LABA

PTC

57933

1%

6%

11%

18%

MTC

52116

0%

7%

1%

29%

LAMA

PTC

38427

21%

34%

43%

46%

MTC

41203

13%

24%

35%

38%

ICS as reference

LABA

PTC

Dominated

--

--

--

--

 

MTC

Dominated

--

--

--

--

ICS + LABA

PTC

89843

--

--

--

--

 

MTC

96749

--

--

--

--

LAMA

PTC

25930

--

--

--

--

 

MTC

57854

--

--

--

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