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. 2012 Sep 13;21(Suppl_1):i29–i38. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001210

Table 6.

Calculation of cost-effectiveness measures (EMB and ICERs) for the intervention in a hospital with 50 000 discharges per year: Estimated cost-effectiveness measured in ICER and EMB

Intervention effectiveness (%) EMB ICER ENB*
100 49051649 −1055.72 51640900
21 10300846 214.15 10190548
24.3 11919551 −4.14 11922018
1.6 784826 19704.37 11601

*ENB=EMB−Cost.

EMB, monetary benefit; ENB, expected net benefit; ICER, incremental cost-effectiveness ratio; QALY, Quality Adjusted Life Year.