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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Dec 11;206(3):211.e1–211.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2011.12.002

Table 9.

% Total Cost Savings


Range of Cost Estimates for Lost Work in those who undergo No Surgical Treatments
$4,449 $5,000 $7,500 $10,000 $12,500 $14,282


Range of % of Women undergoing Hysterectomy 36.97% 16.2% 15.8% 14.2% 12.6% 11.1% 9.9%
40.00% 15.9% 15.6% 13.8% 12.1% 10.4% 9.2%
45.00% 15.5% 15.1% 13.2% 11.3% 9.3% 8.0%
50.00% 15.2% 14.7% 12.6% 10.4% 8.3% 6.8%
55.00% 14.8% 14.3% 11.9% 9.6% 7.2% 5.5%
60.00% 14.4% 13.8% 11.3% 8.7% 6.1% 4.3%
65.00% 14.0% 13.4% 10.6% 7.9% 5.1% 3.1%
70.00% 13.6% 13.0% 10.0% 7.0% 4.0% 1.9%
77.64% 13.1% 12.3% 9.0% 5.7% 2.4% 0.0%

Note: % total cost savings is calculated as absolute dollar savings from highest estimate (i.e. 77.64% of women undergoing no surgical treatment and lost work costs at $14,282) in Table 8 as a percentage of the high total estimate of costs within Table 5.