Table 5.

Scenario analysis varying prevalence of VLUs (optimal care service delivery Option 1)^a

Prevalence of VLU among 60+	0.33% (Baseline)	0.50%	1%	1.69% [18]
Population 60+ affected with VLU at cycle 0	15,973	24,202	48,404	81,803
Total costs in usual care group	$2,831,006,652	$2,954,936,472	$3,319,435,945	$3,822,445,216
Total costs in optimal care group	$1,200,427,937	$1,246,526,209	$1,382,109,363	$1,569,214,116
Total incremental costs	-$1,630,578,715	-$1,708,410,263	-$1,937,326,581	-$2,253,231,100
Total QALYs in usual care group	476,090	499,250	567,367	661,369
Total QALYs in optimal care group	504,431	528,959	601,099	700,653
Incremental QALYs	28,341	29,709	33,732	39,284
Hospitalisations avoided	21,677	22,620	25,394	29,221

^aCosts, QALYs and hospitalisations avoided were calculated for all individuals affected by VLU over 5 years in Australia