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. 2023 May 17;23(2):1–139.

Table 21:

Budget Impact Analysis Results—Scenario Analyses

Scenario Budget impact, $ milliona
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Totalb % Changec
Reference case 0.51 1.01 1.53 2.06 2.61 7.73 0%
1. Low volume of localizations 0.46 0.91 1.37 1.82 2.28 6.84 -11%
2. High volume of localizations 0.55 1.11 1.70 2.31 2.94 8.61 11%
3. Increased uptake of wire-free, nonradioactive localization techniques 0.63 1.27 1.92 2.59 3.28 9.70 26%
4. Decreased uptake of wire-free, nonradioactive localization techniques 0.38 0.75 1.14 1.54 1.94 5.75 -26%
5. Manually loaded radioactive seeds 0.53 1.06 1.61 2.18 2.76 8.14 5%
6. Capital expenditures scenario at a representative site 0.56 1.11 1.68 2.26 2.86 8.47 10%
7. Capital expenditures scenario at a high-volume site 0.54 1.08 1.63 2.19 2.77 8.22 7%
8. Capital expenditures scenario at a low-volume site 0.62 1.23 1.85 2.49 3.15 9.34 21%
9. Different re-excision rate for each localization technique 0.31 0.62 0.93 1.25 1.58 4.69 -39%
10. Higher cost to acquire wire-free, nonradioactive markers or seeds 0.62 1.25 1.89 2.54 3.21 9.51 23%
11. Lower cost to acquire wire-free, nonradioactive markers or seeds 0.39 0.78 1.18 1.59 2.01 5.95 -23%
12. Replacing biopsy clip placed after core biopsy with MRI-compatible wire-free, nonradioactive marker or seed 0.49 0.99 1.49 2.01 2.54 7.53 -3%
a

In 2022 Canadian dollars.

b

Results may appear inexact due to rounding.

c

Percent change calculated as the total budget impact of the scenario analysis divided by the total budget impact of the reference case.