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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 14.
Published in final edited form as: J Med Econ. 2008;11(4):611–623. doi: 10.3111/13696990802496740

Table 1. Incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICER) from Medicare perspective.

Expected 56-month discounted Medicare costs, 1996 U.S. dollars (95% CI) Discounted Survival (Years) Discounted Disease-free Survival (Years) Survival ICER DFS ICER
SFX, N = 43 $47,719
(29,672; 69,015)
3.0 2.1
HFX, N = 47 $58,124
(34,777; 74,729)
3.9 2.9 $11,728 $11,832
AHFX-S, N = 46 $52,488
(35,017; 72,988)
3.7 2.8 $7,042 $6,384
AFX-C, N = 51 $37,946
(23,635; 55,507)
3.2 2.3 -$80,272 -$44,605

SFX-Standard fraction radiotherapy; HFX-Hyperfractionated radiotherapy; AHFX-Accelerated Hyperfractionated radiotherapy with split; AFX-C-Accelerated Fractionated radiotherapy with concomitant boost