Table 21:
Model Inputs for Unscheduled and Scheduled Health Care Use for Pacemaker Recipients
| Estimate | SD | Distribution | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unscheduled health care use (monthly transition probabilities) | ||||
| ED visit | 0.0247 | 0.0025a | Beta | Assumed same as ICD and CRT-D population (EVOLVO trial)91 |
| Unscheduled clinic visit | 0.1175 | 0.0118a | Beta | |
| Scheduled health care use (%) | ||||
| Successful data transmission for remote interrogation | 91.0 | 3.06 | Beta | Ren et al., 201398 |
| Adherence for clinic visits | 93.6 | 9.36a | Beta | Assumed same as ICD and CRT-D population (MORE-CARE trial)30 |
Abbreviations: CRT-D, cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator; ED, emergency department; ICD, implantable cardioverter defibrillator; SD, standard deviation.
a
SD assumed to be 10% of mean.