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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Laryngoscope. 2014 Sep 3;125(1):25–32. doi: 10.1002/lary.24916

Table 4.

Discount rate sensitivity analysis outcomes

Scenario Cost
discount
rate		 Effect
discount
rate		 Total Cost of
ESS		 Total ESS
QALYs		 Total Cost
Medical
therapy		 Total
Medical
Therapy
QALYs		 ICER
(ESS vs. Medical
Therapy Alone)
1
(reference case)		 3.5% 0 $48,838.38 20.50 $28,948.98 17.13 $5,901.90/QALY
2 0 0 $71,314.57 20.50 $43,648.29 17.13 $8,209.57/QALY
3 6% 0 $39,579.92 20.50 $22,813.95 17.13 $4,975.07/QALY
4 3.5% 3.5% $48,838.38 13.23 $28,948.98 11.18 $9,702.15/QALY
5 6% 6% $39,579.92 10.23 $22,813.95 8.71 $11,030.24/QALY

ESS, endoscopic sinus surgery; QALY, quality adjusted life year, ICER, incremental cost effectiveness ratio