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. 2023 Dec 1;21:93. doi: 10.1186/s12962-023-00501-4

Table 4.

ICERs of scenario analyses from the Chinese healthcare perspective (CNY per QALY gained)

PEACE BERSON SuValue®
LDL-C ≥ 100 mg/dl
SuValue®
LDL-C ≥ 70 mg/dl
Evo 140mgQ2W Evo 420mgQM Evo 140mgQ2W Evo 420mgQM Evo 140mgQ2W Evo 420mgQM Evo 140mgQ2W Evo 420mgQM
Time horizon
5 years 560431.63 862489.78 501332.97 893539.69 195951.91 242966.70 322809.94 557316.71
10 years 284569.36 440560.92 242330.14 439597.72 94332.72 194182.08 160883.45 285355.56
15 years 191287.82 296835.37 154973.97 284122.89 62166.54 131380.50 107590.05 193482.78
20 years 152155.45 236588.60 114428.44 211855.12 47781.40 103208.66 83668.90 152268.70
30 years 134240.70 209956.59 86535.32 163514.29 37302.63 84166.61 67030.66 124934.42
35 years 133083.42 208719.66 83376.17 158919.09 NA NA NA NA
Starting age
65-year 121365.52 172717.45 73383.57 138037.76 NA NA NA NA
70-year 103267.71 150351.27 56517.58 108060.03 39605.72 87392.58 70034.35 129059.14
75-year 84946.74 126891.51 42483.76 83985.21 30553.67 68195.31 53678.13 99970.03
Discount rate
3% 123519.88 192790.91 83849.77 157503.59 36035.97 80462.88 64207.24 119040.93
6% 145241.79 226352.26 100806.54 188192.28 43473.21 95365.52 76801.17 140974.87
Annual Cost of Stains (CNY) a
118.86 131102.46 212813.67 93705.52 176282.05 38710.07 88018.74 70251.67 131192.08
5470.28 134976.64 216654.87 95526.50 178110.59 43004.30 92312.97 74550.88 135491.29
Costs of CV-related death b
Death due to stroke 1 116570.06 193592.63 73068.07 155525.57 16745.35 66054.01 48025.65 108966.06
Death due to stroke 2 130382.94 207405.52 87351.56 169888.68 32541.32 81849.98 63999.21 124939.62
Death due to MI 1 118319.42 195341.99 68158.82 150384.52 6528.07 55836.73 39090.98 100031.39
Death due to MI 2 92301.26 169323.84 35964.22 117891.62 Dominance 17416.88 1113.88 62054.29
Utility c
Higher utility 156999.82 244782.59 103011.41 193226.79 45005.11 99255.17 80019.62 147327.16
Lower utility 126564.51 197330.08 89484.04 166987.79 38284.51 84433.42 67616.20 124490.76
UK- utility 146062.51 227729.93 100800.52 187476.68 42461.83 93646.16 74998.51 138082.62
Hospital classification
County hospitals 154811.12 231833.69 113682.98 196641.29 67932.09 117240.76 98423.88 159364.30
County-level municipal hospitals 150510.37 227532.95 108608.40 191463.97 60612.92 109921.59 91418.36 152358.77
Prefecture-level municipal hospitals 136460.69 213483.27 93365.00 175916.39 38748.53 88057.20 70387.91 131328.32
Provincial hospitals 134431.86 211454.44 90173.78 172658.18 34080.28 83388.94 65984.28 126924.69
Hospitals directly under the Health Commission 129164.77 206187.35 84385.48 166754.78 25788.08 75096.74 58021.98 118962.39

CNY, Chinese Yuan; Dominance, ICERs, incremental cost-effectiveness ratio; Lower cost, higher utility; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; MI, myocardial infarction; NA, not applicable

italic text: ICERs below CNY 85698 (US$12741); bold text: ICERs above CNY 257094 (US$38224).

a: the maximum and minimum annual cost of statins, more detailed parameters are shown in Supplementary Tables S4

b: CV-related mortality costs used in other CEA studies and beyond the scope of sensitivity analysis, more detailed parameters are shown in Supplementary Tables S5

c: Utility used in other CEA studies and beyond the scope of sensitivity analysis, more detailed parameters are shown in Supplementary Tables S6