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. 2012 May 10;66(8):745–753. doi: 10.1136/jech-2011-200689

Table 6.

Cost-effectiveness sensitivity (A) and subgroup analysis (B)

Intervention group (n) Control group (n) Cost of intervention (£) ICER (£) Bootstrapped one-sided 95% CI for ICER (£) Probability that intervention is cost effective*
(A) Sensitivity analyses
 Base case 395 391 385 12 111 58 881 89%
 Mean intervention and control EQ-5D at 6 months as estimate of baseline 395 391 385 6055 37 159 96%
 Control group mean EQ-5D value at 6 months as estimate of baseline 395 391 385 7109 24 853 98%
 Participant payment of £1 per session 395 391 385–32=353 10 926 69 085 91%
 Participant payment of £2 per session 395 391 385–64=321 9741 64 638 92%
Intervention group (n) Control group (n) Incremental cost (bootstrapped 95%CI) Incremental QALY (bootstrapped 95%CI) ICER (bootstrapped one-sided 95%CI)
(B) Subgroup analysis
 Referral reason
  CHD only 307 309 £239 (−51 to 547) 0.0183 (−50.0047 to 0.0416) £13 060 (117 893)
  Mental health (MH) and MH plus CHD 80 76 £596 (−5304 to 1616) 0.058 (0.017 to 0.100) £10 276 (50 925)
 Gender
  Male 135 130 £322 (−5180 to 792) 0.0084 (–0.0250 to 0.0400) £38 333 (254 973)
  Female 265 268 £326 (−589 to 761) 0.0362 (0.0111 to 0.0623) £9006 (390 00)
 Age
  <44 years 69 71 £68 (−5462 to 678) 0.0656 (0.0137 to 0.1148) £1037 (16 418)
  44–60 years 135 136 £577 (−5176 to 1373) 0.0179 (−0.0194 to 0.0561) £32 235 (314 108)
  >60 years 196 191 £244 (−5131 to 586) 0.0187 (−0.0057 to 0.0424) £13 048 (153 565)
 Adherence
  0 weeks 30 £1785 (25 to 4570) −0.0114 (−0.0680 to 0.0390) NA
  <16 weeks 123 £662 (212 to 1157) −0.0084 (−0.0384 to 0.0218) NA
  16 weeks 247 –£18 (−5310 to 277) 0.049 (0.0277 to 0.0706) −£367 (7068)
*

At the £30 000 per QALY threshold.

EQ5D, EuroQol—5 Dimensions; ICER, incremental cost-effectiveness ratio; QUALY, quality adjusted life year.