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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ophthalmology. 2014 May 15;121(9):1720–1726. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2014.03.029

Table 5.

Cost per Line-Years Saved and Cost per QALY (US $)

Facility Billing Non-Facility Billing
Initial Procedure Second Procedure Lines saved Mean age Years remaining Cost per line Cost per line-year saved Cost per QALY Cost per line Cost per line-year saved Cost per QALY
PPV PPV 2.45 71 14.5 3,237 223 7,442 2,368 163 5,444
Ocriplasmin (27%) PPV 2.46 71 14.5 4,456 307 10,244 3,666 253 8,429
Ocriplasmin (41%) PPV 2.47 71 14.5 4,301 297 9,887 3,549 245 8,159
Saline PPV 2.46 71 14.5 3,299 227 7,583 2,374 164 5,458

QALY = quality adjusted life years, US = United States, PPV = pars plana vitrectomy, Ocriplasmin (27%) = 27% initial success rate with ocriplasmin, Ocriplasmin (41%) = 41% initial success rate with ocriplasmin