Table 1.

Clinical and cost inputs for the initial 5-year period post-surgery (53 year old female with a BMI of 44 kg/m² and no post-surgical complications).

	LRYGB	ORYGB	LAGB
Total Cost (<31 days)	$ 16,691	$ 20,675	$ 14,159
Total Cost (31–365 days)	$ 9,494	$ 12,849	$ 7,835
Total Cost (Year 2)	$ 9,478	$ 12,302	$ 8,551
Total Cost (Year 3)	$ 8,507	$ 11,237	$ 7,917
Total Cost (Year 4)	$ 5,622	$ 9,887	$ 6,291
Total Cost (Year 5)	$ 1,221	$ 5,764	$ 2,685
Cost of Death (All periods)	$38,049	$ 38,049	$ 38,049
Utility (0–31 days)	0.75	0.75	0.75
Utility (31–365 days)	0.78	0.78	0.75
Utility (Year 2)	0.74	0.74	0.73
Utility (Year 3)	0.73	0.73	0.70
Utility (Year 4)	0.70	0.70	0.67
Utility (Year 5)	0.67	0.67	0.65