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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Osteoporos Int. 2012 Aug 14;24(1):355–367. doi: 10.1007/s00198-012-2102-y

Table 3. Base case results.

NSM PVP BKP
Costs in treatment tunnel
 Procedure Cost 0 1,838 3,964
 Cost GP 113 113 113
 Cost referral 142 142 143
 Cost analgesics 221 222 222
 Cost hospitalisation 6,712 4,036 4,043
 Cost bisphosphonates 60 61 62
Total costs treatment tunnel 7,247 6,412 8,547
Costs in additional OVCF tunnel
  Costs GP 29 30 31
  Cost referral 36 37 39
  Cost analgesics 57 58 60
  Cost hospitalisation 600 620 637
Total cost additional OVCF tunnel 722 746 766
Total costs 7,969 7,157 9,313
QALYs in treatment tunnel 4.318 4.659 4.776
QALYs in additional OVCF tunnels 0.658 0.679 0.697
Total QALYs 4.976 5.338 5.473
BKP cost / QALY gained vs. 2,706 15,982

Note: Costs in GBP