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Table 2 Probabilities used to populate the model

From: Giving tranexamic acid to reduce surgical bleeding in sub-Saharan Africa: an economic evaluation

Parameters

 

NO TXA

TXA

Probability of reaching the transfusion trigger

 

0.66 (0-1)

0.40 (0-0.66)

Probability of being transfused

Botswana

1

1

 

Kenya

0.33

0.86

 

Tanzania

0.27

0.70

 

South Africa

1

1

Probability of death for a surgical patient in Africa

 

0.06 (0.04-0.11)

0.06 (0.04-0.11)

Probability of death for anaemic surgical patients who did not receive transfusions

 

0.45 (0.06-0.91)

0.45 (0.06-0.91