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Table 2 Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratios (ICERs)*

From: Can choices between alternative hip prostheses be evidence based? a review of the economic evaluation literature

Study

Males

Females

Briggs (2004)

80 years £946/QALY

70 years £829/QALY

 

90 years £14,408/QALY

80 years £8,622/QALY

  

90 years £20,742/QALY

Marinelli (2008)

Cementless prosthesis £48

 

Spiegelhalter (2003)**

55-64 years £739/QALY

55-64 years £683/QALY

 

65-74 years £6,604/QALY

65-74 years £5,993/QALY

 

75-84 years £16,823/QALY

75-84 years £153,090/QALY

 

greater than 84 years £27,780/QALY

greater than 84 years £23,912/QALY

  1. *Costs inflated to 2008 prices, in GBP [4]
  2. ** illustrative only, authors state results should “not be taken as contributing in any way to guidance as to an appropriate prosthesis” [26]
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Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation

ISSN: 1478-7547

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