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Table 2 Variables for probabilistic sensitivity analysis: Costs in International Dollars for 2010.

From: Cost-effectiveness of a hypertension management programme in an elderly population: a Markov model

Cost Variables

Base case

Distribution type

Distribution

Usual care

   

Cost drugs/year

206.43

Lognormal

(4.36; 1.39)

Cost diagnostic/follow-up tests per year

29.10

Uniform

(20.37;37.83)

Number of medical visits

7.68

Lognormal

(1.68; 0.89)

Hypertension programme

   

Cost drugs/year

216.55

Lognormal

(4.59; 1.26)

Cost diagnostic/follow-up tests per year

36.19

Uniform

(25.33; 47.04)

Cost programme

14.66

Uniform

(10.26; 19.06)

Number of medical visits

4.72

Lognormal

(1.16; 0.85)

Common variables

   

Overhead cost (per visit)

1.98

Uniform

(1.39; 2.57)

Cost per medical visit

9.63

Uniform

(6.74; 12.52)

Cost ambulance/year

17.44

Uniform

(12.21;22.67)

Proportion of drugs coverage

0.70

Uniform

(0.40; 1.00)

Cost of cardiovascular event attention

10041.65

Lognormal

(8.24; 1.39)

Cost of diagnostic tests first year

117.78

Uniform

(82.44;153.11)