Table 1.
Model Input | Item | Value | Range for Sensitivity analysis | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Costs | Medications (annual supply) | Prostaglandin Analogs | $330 | 0-1000 |
Alpha Agonists | $1242 | 0-1500 | ||
Beta Blockers | $435 | 0-500 | ||
Laser surgery | Laser trabeculoplasty | $677 | 100-2000 | |
Incisional surgery | Trabeculectomy | $2824 | 1000-4000 | |
Initial evaluation | Visit | $190 | 100-200 | |
Diagnostic Testing | $207 | 100-300 | ||
Follow-up evaluation | Visit | $111 | 50-150 | |
Diagnostic testing | $123 | 100-150 | ||
Low Vision services | Unilateral low vision | $1000 | 500-4000 | |
Bilateral low vision | $2000 | 1000-8000 | ||
Side Effects | Laser trabeculoplasty | $1000 | 0-2000 | |
Utilities | Glaucoma severity | Mild glaucoma | 0.92 | 0.8 – 0.99 |
Moderate glaucoma | 0.89 | 0.7 – 0.95 | ||
Severe glaucoma | 0.86 | 0.6 – 0.9 | ||
Unilateral blindness | 0.47 | 0.4 – 0.8 | ||
Bilateral Blindness | 0.26 | 0.2 – 0.5 | ||
Side effects | Laser trabeculoplasty | 0.75 | 0.5-0.99 | |
Other Parameters | Effectiveness | Prostaglandin analogs | 1.0 | 0.5 – 1.5 |
Laser trabeculoplasty | 1.0 | 0.5 – 1.5 | ||
Time Horizon (years) | 25 | 9-30 | ||
Age at OAG diagnosis | 60 | 40-80 | ||
Rate of OAG Progression (per year) | 10% | 5 – 15% |
All costs are in 2010 US dollars. All medication costs are for a 1 year supply of the medication. AWP = average wholesale price.