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. 2025 May 1;25(2):1–177.

Table 60:

Scenario Analysis Results, nVNS for Acute Treatment, Migraine

Scenario Budget impact, $ milliona
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Totalb
Reference case 71.56 146.17 222.96 301.20 381.62 1,123.52
1: nVNS provided free for the first 93 days 11.55 23.59 35.98 48.61 61.59 734.80
2: Annual uptake of 2% per year, up to 10% in year 5 143.12 292.34 445.93 602.40 763.24 2,247.03
3: Annual uptake of 20% per year, up to 100% in year 5 1,431.17 2,923.45 4,459.25 6,024.04 7,632.43 22,470.34
4a: Cost of the nVNS device decreased by 25% 53.67 109.63 167.22 225.90 286.22 842.64
4b: Cost of the nVNS device increased by 25% 1,788.96 2,654.31 5,574.07 7,530.05 9,540.54 28,087.94

Abbreviation: nVNS, noninvasive vagus nerve stimulation.

a

In 2024 Canadian dollars.

b

Results may appear inexact due to rounding.