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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2019 Jul;71(7):855–864. doi: 10.1002/acr.23716

Table 3.

Cost-Effectiveness of Diet and Exercise

QALEa Lifetime Costa ICER
Healthcare Perspective Usual Care 8.909 $116,200 $34,100/QALY
Diet and Exercise 8.963 $118,100
Societal Perspective Usual Care 8.909 $130,700 $30,000/QALY
Diet and Exercise 8.963 $132,400

Abbreviations: QALE, quality-adjusted life expectancy; ICER, incremental cost-effectiveness ratio

a

QALE and cost reported as per-person values and discounted at 3% per year