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Table 2 Base case results

From: Improving the monitoring of chronic heart failure in Argentina: is the implantable pulmonary artery pressure with CardioMEMS Heart Failure System cost-effective?

Strategy Per patient cumulative costs (ARS) Incremental costs (ARS) Per patient cumulative QALY Incremental QALY Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ARS per QALY)
Social security Private sector Social security Private sector Social security Private sector
Base case results with 5% discount rate
 Usual medical management 1,440,033 2,080,035    1.98    
 CardioMEMS HF System 2,521,736 2,999,087 1,081,703 919,051 2.35 0.37 2,937,756 2,496,015
Base case results without discount rate
 Usual medical management 1,672,268 2,415,684    2.29    
 CardioMEMS HF System 2,726,678 3,293,612 1,054,410 877,928 2.72 0.43 2,449,631 2,039,625
  1. HF heart failure, QALY quality-adjusted life years