Table 2.

Mean Quality‐Adjusted Years^a, Cost^a and Cost by Treatment Group

Outcome Measure	Endovascular	IV t‐PA	Difference
QALY (95% CI)	0.5181 (0.4854–0.5508)	0.4737 (0.4279–0.5195)	0.0444
Initial hospitalization (95% CI)	$35 223 (33 028–37 565)	$25 907 (23 679–28 344)	$9316b
Follow‐up cost (95% CI)	$30 375 (26 612–34 354)	$27 454 (23 259–33 536)	$2921
Total cost difference			$12 237

IV t‐PA intravascular tissue plasminogen activator; QALY, quality‐adjusted life years.

^aMultivariable model controlling for age, baseline modified Rankin Scale score, and stroke severity.

^b P<0.05.