Table 3. Transition probabilities.

Transition probabilities	No hormonal treatment	PSAa	Oral contraceptives	PSA	Distributions
No pain to mild pain	0.003	(3, 997)	0.001	(1, 999)	Beta
Mild pain to no pain	0.002	(2, 998)	0.003	(3, 997)	Dirichlet
Mild pain to moderate pain	0.002	(2, 998)	0.0015	(1.5, 998.5)	Dirichlet
Moderate pain to mild pain	0.001	(1, 999)	0.003	(3, 997)	Dirichlet
Moderate pain to severe pain	0.003	(3, 997)	0.0001	(0.1, 999.9)	Dirichlet
Severe pain to moderate pain	0.0001	(0.1, 999.9)	0.004	(4, 996)	Beta

Transition probability parameters used in the economic evaluation.

^aProbabilistic sensitivity analysis, alpha and beta values.