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 | |
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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