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. 2024 Jan 6;14(1):e071300. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-071300

Table 2.

Model input parameters: utilities and costs

Parameter Base case value Lower limit Upper limit Distribution Source
Utilities
 Not abused (adults) 0.850 0.840 0.860 Beta 31
 Not abused (children) 0.950 0.940 0.959 Beta 31
 Abused but not identified (women) 0.656 0.522 0.749 Beta Assumption
 Abused but not identified (men) 0.626 0.500 0.744 Beta Assumption
 Abused but not identified (children) 0.801 0.623 0.932 Beta Assumption
 Abused and identified, seeing advocate (women) 0.659 0.518 0.782 Beta IRIS+ data
 Abused and identified, seeing advocate (men) 0.701 0.555 0.828 Beta IRIS+ data
 Abused and identified, seeing advocate (children) 0.804 0.625 0.935 Beta IRIS+ data
 Abused and identified, not seeing advocate (women) 0.656 0.522 0.749 Beta IRIS+ data
 Abused and identified, not seeing advocate (men) 0.626 0.500 0.744 Beta IRIS+ data
 Abused and identified, not seeing advocate (children) 0.801 0.623 0.932 Beta IRIS+ data
Costs (2019/2020£)
 Costs of the intervention, per patient exposed to DV, per 6 months £0.75 £0.02 £2.73 Gamma IRIS+ budget
 Cost of onward referral, once £658 £11 £1908 Gamma IRIS+ data and IRIS data
 Cost of Abused but not identified (weighted average–exposed population) £4276 £108 £15 774 Gamma Weighted average*
 Cost of abused but not identified (adults) £4858 £123 £17 919 Gamma 35
 Cost of abused but not identified (children) £1950 £1000 £2500 Gamma 20
 Weighted costs abused and identified, seeing advocate 1 0.75 1.25 Gamma Assumption
 Weighted costsabused and identified, not seeing advocate 1 0.9 1.1 Gamma Assumption

Costs are in 2019/2020 UK£.

*Excludes the cost of harms, which in this modelled are measured as benefits.

DV, domestic violence.