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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Intern Med. 2013 Jun 18;158(12):853–860. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-158-12-201306180-00002

Appendix Table 9.

Sensitivity analysis of discounting rate (Range 0%-6%)

Base Case (3%) 0% 6%
65 year old men
WW $24,520 $32,657 $19,381
BT $35,374 $43,242 $30,223
RP $38,180 $46,536 $32,897
AS $39,894 $50,993 $32,168
IMRT $48,699 $56,314 $43,662
75 year old men
WW $18,302 $22,305 $15,501
BT $28,810 $32,595 $26,145
AS $30,048 $35,988 $25,931
IMRT $42,286 $45,913 $39,632

ABBR: WW: watchful waiting; BT: brachytherapy; AS: active surveillance; RP: radical prostatectomy; IMRT: intensity-modulated radiation therapy