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. 2023 Jun 9:1–15. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1007/s40273-023-01281-8

Table 4.

Population equally distributed equivalent health impact at an opportunity cost threshold of £30,000 per quality-adjusted life-year

TA520 atezolizumab TA536 alectinib
Evaluating changes in population health (change in equity not included)
Baseline population QALE (QALEb*N) (1) 3,942,667,355 QALYs 3,942,667,355 QALYs
Post-decision population QALE (QALEp*N) (2) 3,942,665,467 QALYs 3,942,667,446 QALYs
Incremental population QALE (∆QALE*N) (3)=(2)-(1) − 1,888 QALYs 91 QALYs
Evaluating changes in equity-weighted health (changes in health and health equity both included)
Baseline population EDEH (equity-weighted QALE) (EDEHb*N) (4) 3,863,434,366 QALYs 3,863,434,366 QALYs
Post-decision population EDEH (EDEHp*N) (5) 3,863,432,534 QALYs 3,863,434,528 QALYs
Incremental population EDEH (∆EDEH*N) (6) − 1,833 QALYs 162 QALYs
Health equity impact
Population equity impact (incremental EDEH – incremental QALE) (6–3) 56 QALYs 71 QALYs

EDEH equally distributed equivalent health, EDEHb baseline equally distributed equivalent health per person, EDEHp post-decision equally distributed equivalent health per person, ∆EDEH difference in EDEH between post-decision and baseline, N population of England, QALE quality-adjusted life expectancy, QALEb baseline quality-adjusted life expectancy at birth per person, QALEp post-decision quality-adjusted life expectancy at birth per person, ∆QALE difference in QALE between post-decision and baseline, TA technology appraisal