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Table 4.

Cost parameters used in the economic model

Costs (in £) per 6 months	Base-case scenario	Low-cost scenario	High-cost scenario	Source
UC	£161	–	£592	TEN-HMS,¹⁸ Clinical opinion
STS HM	£715	£623	£794	Clinical opinion
STS HH	£1075	£1051	£1152	Clinical opinion
TM	£1051	£801	£1288	Clinical opinion
Usual care costs (per month) after 6 month intervention duration
UC after 6 months	£8.23	–	–	NICE HF guidelines⁹
Hospitalisation costs	Estimate	Lower 95% CI	Upper 95% CI
HF-related hospitalisations*	£2514.49	£1857	£2809	NHS Reference Costs for 2011²¹
Other-cause hospitalisations†	£1529.79	£1129	£1709	NHS Reference Costs for 2011²¹

*Heart failure or shock (EB03H EB03I): non-elective inpatient (long stay) including excess bed days.²¹

†Non-elective inpatient (long stay and short stay) including excess bed days.²¹