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. 2018 Nov 27;9:1370. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2018.01370

Table 9.

Cost breakdown for each prophylaxis strategy per person–eTHR population.

Intervention Prophylaxis costs VTE costs (95% CI) All Bleeding costs (95% CI) CTEPH costs (95% CI) PTS costs (95% CI) Post-amputation costs (95% CI) Total costs (a) (95% CI)
LMWH (std,std) + AES £169 £11
(£10 to £11)
£210
(£72.8 to £554)
£19
(£15.4 to £23)
£60
(£52 to £69)
£20
(£13 to £27)
£489
(£350 to £833)
LMWH (std,extd)+ AES £419 £4
(£5.1 to £13)
£217
(£39 to £847)
£4.2(£3 to £26) £32
(£5 to £107)
£28
(£18 to £39)
£706
(£509 to £1,376)
Fondaparinux+ AES £115 £20
(£5.8 to £59)
£375
(£92 to £1,248)
£32
(£2 to £144.5)
£124
(£49 to £254)
£0.00
(£0.00 to £0.00)
£665
(£336 to £1,563)
Foot pump + AES £91 £32
(£7.3 to £103)
£99
(£23 to £334)
£60
(£7 to £228)
£163
(£34 to £456)
£0.00
(£0.00 to £0.00)
£445
(£209 to £926)
IPCD £68 £75
(£11.3 to £327)
£99
(£23 to £334)
£129
(£4 to £654.5)
£371
(£78 to £847)
£0.00
(£0.00 to £0.00)
£742
(£255 to £1,968)
AES (above knee) £50 £112
(£1.6 to £908)
£99
(£23 to £334)
£211
(£36 to £1,502)
£219
(£15 to £1,183)
£0.00
(£0.00 to £0.00)
£691
(£119 to £3,765)
Foot pump £60 £218
(£4.7 to £978)
£99
(£23 to £334)
£420
(£3.5 to £1,632)
£354
(£19 to £1,300)
£0.00
(£0.00 to £0.00)
£1,150
(£161 to £4,054)
AES £31 £19
(£2.5 to £61.7)
£99
(£23 to £334)
£30
(£2 to £136)
£121
(£11 to £498)
£0.00
(£0.00 to £0.00)
£299
(£102 to £793)
LMWH (std,std) £138 £39
(£7.6 to £140)
£210
(£72.8 to £554)
£66
(£5 to £311)
£218
(£47 to £555)
£20
(£13 to £27)
£691
(£375 to £1,413)
LMWH (std,extd) £387 £17
(£2.4 to £54.7)
£217
(£39 to £847)
£12
(£0.1 to £87)
£181
(£21 to £551)
£28
(£18 to £39)
£845
(£528 to £1,582)
Aspirin (std duration) £0.24 £374
(£7.2 to £989)
£98
(£82 to £119)
£702
(£8 to £1,687)
£512
(£34 to £1,322)
£000
(£000 to £000)
£1,687
(£157 to £4,034)
LMWH (std, std) + Aspirin £115 £1.4
(£2 to £9)
£163
(£11 to £1,225)
£3
(£0 to £18)
£7.5
(£0.01 to £54)
£20
(£13 to £27)
£311
(£148 to £1,437)
Dabigatran £80 £55.6
(£7.5 to £227)
£316
(£75.5 to £1,048)
£93
(£4 to £487)
£305
(£42 to £795)
£0.00
(£0.00 to £0.00)
£849
(£319 to £1,957)
Apixaban £59 £23.5
(£1.5 to £132.6)
£298
(£56.5 to £1,139)
£53
(£1 to £321)
£63
(£6.5 to £270)
£0.00
(£0.00 to £0.00)
£497
(£163 to £1,588)
Rivaroxaban £74 £27
(£3.4 to £105)
£265
(£58.6 to £907)
£34
(£0.4 to £225)
£206
(£28 to £629)
£0.00
(£0.00 to £0.00)
£606
(£227 to £1,452)
No prophylaxis £0 £115
(£26 to £416)
£99
(£23 to £334)
£213
(£24 to £810)
£481
(£140 to £957)
£0.00
(£0.00 to £0.00)
£908
(£297 to £2,185)

a AES, anti-embolism stockings; CI, confidence interval; eTHR, elective total hip replacement; extd, extended; IPCD, intermittent pneumatic compression devices; LMWH, low molecular weight heparin; std, standard; VTE, venous thromboembolism; CTEPH, chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; PTS, post thrombotic syndrome. (a) May not exactly equal the sum of the components due to rounding.