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Table 4 Parameters for the probability sensitivity analysis

From: Patients’ out-of-pocket expenses analysis of presurgical teledermatology

 

Presurgical TD patients (70)

Presurgical CR patients (53)

Gamma

Dist.a

Mean

Stdev

Range

Gamma

Dist.a

Mean

Stdev

Range

Min

Max

Min

Max

Opportunity cost of visits (€)

γ (0.69,0.10)

7.33

8.89

0.00

103.4

γ (0.77,19.98)

15.26

17.01

0.00

184.8

Direct costs of visits

 Visit fees (€)

γ (8.63,1.02)

10.02

3.05

1.51

26.29

γ (41.52,0.29)

12.03

1.87

5.97

20.18

 Transport cost (€)

γ (2.13,0.15)

23.78

26.74

0.09

80.69

γ (1.04,35.00)

36.02

35.23

0.00

305.3

  1. aThe parameters used in the Gamma distribution: \(\gamma \left( {\alpha ,\beta } \right)\) where \(\alpha = Mean^{2} /Stdev^{2}\) and \(\beta = Stdev^{2} /Mean^{2}\) using the mean and variance of the population under analysis