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Table 2 Modelled cost-benefit findings for TAVI compared with SAVR in the Netherlands

From: Cost-utility analysis of TAVI compared with surgery in patients with severe aortic stenosis at low risk of surgical mortality in the Netherlands

Summary results

TAVI

SAVR

Incremental

Cost per patient

€44,149

€39,407

€4742

Life year gained (undiscounted)

12.67

11.89

0.79

Median survival (years)

15.00

13.17

1.83

QALYs per patient

9.50

8.62

0.89

Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER)

€5346

Incremental net monetary benefit (NMB)

€39,615

Incremental net health benefit (NHB)

0.79

Acute phase cost (initial procedure)

Index hospitalization (without pacemaker)– including rehabilitation

€36,190

€29,140

€7050

Acute phase costs

€36,190

€29,140

€7050

Additional costs at 1 year

MI

€123

€84

€38

Costs of pacemaker complications

€25

€15

€10

Costs of rehospitalizations

€177

€265

–€88

Re-intervention costs

€163

€161

€1

Alive and well health state costs

€270

€181

€89

Treated AF health state costs

€45

€350

–€305

DS costs

€46

€181

–€135

Death costs

€0

€0

€0

Total costs at 1 year

€36,190

€29,140

€7,050

Additional lifetime costs

Costs of pacemaker complications

€241

€140

€101

Costs of rehospitalizations

€266

€252

€15

Re-intervention costs

€4,171

€3,642

€529

Alive and well health state costs

€750

€474

€276

Treated AF health state costs

€722

€3075

–€2353

DS costs

€1808

€2684

–€876

Death costs

€0

€0

€0

Additional lifetime costs

€7959

€10,267

–€2308

Total lifetime costs

€44,149

€39,407

€4742

  1. AF, atrial fibrillation; DS, disabling stroke; ICER, incremental cost-effectiveness ratio; MI, myocardial infarction; NHB, Net health benefit; NMB, net monetary benefit; QALY, quality of life adjusted year; SAVR, surgical aortic valve replacement; TAVI, transcatheter aortic valve implantation