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Table 6 Range and distribution of parameter changes

From: Cost-effectiveness analysis of digital therapeutics for home-based cardiac rehabilitation for patients with chronic heart failure: model development and data analysis

Item

Range of parameter changes

Parameter distribution

Data source

Direct medical costs

 

Gamma

Electronic medical records, [54]

 NYHA I

6942.58-42,705.28

  

 NYHA II

26,095.71–46,817.06

  

 NYHA III

42,862.12–64,293.19

  

 NYHA IV

42,488.95–71,456.43

  

Direct non-medical costs

 

Gamma

[54]

 NYHA I

36,576–54,864

  

 NYHA II

17,073.7–25,610.56

  

 NYHA III

25,096.17–37,644.25

  

 NYHA IV

18,468.43–27,702.65

  

Indirect costs

 

Gamma

[54]

 NYHA I

809.8–1214.7

  

 NYHA II

1626.34–2439.52

  

 NYHA III

1632.43–2448.65

  

 NYHA IV

4266.4–6399.6

  

Cost of DTx

144–216

Gamma

[28]

Health utility

0.66–0.96

Beta

[22, 54]

Hospitalization risk ratio

0.36–0.85

Lognormal

[22, 54]