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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 13.
Published in final edited form as: Contraception. 2014 Jan 24;89(5):451–459. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2013.10.019

Table 5.

LNG-IUS 13.5mg vs. SARC, base case results

LNG-IUS 13.5mg SARC Increment
Total cost ($) $1,283,479 $1,862,633 ($579,154)
Drug acquisition $650,320 $943,956 ($293,636)
Medical resource use $415,810 $215,481 $200,330
Failure (UP) $14,026 $299,784 ($285,758)
Subsequent method1 $203,322 $403,412 ($200,089)
UP 64 276 (212)
ICER ($/UP avoided) Dominant
1

Summation of drug acquisition costs, medical resource use costs and failure costs resulting from use of the subsequent method.