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. 2017 Jul 25;117(5):619–627. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2017.222

Table 4. Incremental cost-effectiveness ratios for the MMS vs control and USS vs control comparisons within the trial period (ROCA=£20).

  Multimodal vs control
Ultrasound vs control
  Cost difference Effect difference ICER (95% confidence interval) Cost difference Effect difference ICER (95% confidence interval)
Discounted at 1.5% and both costs and effects adjusted for censoring £256 0.0028 £91 452 per LYG (£90 909, £92 001) £1208 0.00193 £625 801 per LYG (£620 451, £631 245)
Discounted at 3.5% and both costs and effects adjusted for censoring £239 0.00224 £106 497 per LYG (£105 840, £107 162) £1137 0.00152 £748 315 per LYG (£741 446, £755 312)
Results for multimodal vs control ICER extrapolated to 25 years
Discounted at 1.5% £427 0.01421 £30 033 per LYG      
Discounted at 3.5% £358 0.01008 £35 544 per LYG      

Abbreviations: ICER=incremental cost-effectiveness ratio; LYG=life year gained; MMS=multimodal screening; ROCA=risk of ovarian cancer algorithm; USS=ultrasound screening. Note: ICER values differ from straight division of cost difference by effect difference due to rounding.