Table 1.
Calculation of average cost and QALYs, depending on the outcome of the imaging procedure. One-hundred DKK correspond to 17.11 US$ (daily exchange rate on October 29, 2014)
| Dissection of lymph nodes and histopathological examination (reference standard) | FCH-PET/CT | |||||
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| Result of diagnostic procedure | Positive | Negative | True positive | False negative | False positive | True negative |
| Lymph node dissection | 32,859 DKK | 32,859 DKK | ||||
| Histopathological examination | 1,500 DKK | 2,250 DKK | ||||
| FCH-PET/CT scan | 11,110 DKK | 11,110 DKK | 11,110 DKK | 11,110 DKK | ||
| Radiation and chemotherapy | 276,413 DKK | 276,413 DKK | 276,413 DKK | 389,586 DKK | ||
| Prostatectomy | 60,026 DKK | 60,026 DKK | 60,026 DKK | |||
| Sum | 310,772 DKK (53,171 $) | 95,135 DKK (16,277 $) | 287,523 DKK (49,193 $) | 347,549 DKK (59,463 $) | 400,696 DKK (68,556 $) | 71,136 DKK (12,171 $) |
| QALYs | 4.2 | 19.5 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 9.0 | 19.5 |