Table 2. Direct and indirect costs and life years lost for the different birth-weight groups of the study population for the base case.
| Direct Costs per patient | Indirect Costs per patient | Life years lost | ICER | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth weight | N | Status quo | EHMD | Status quo | EHMD | Status quo | EHMD | Societal | TPP |
| <500g | 475 | €64,148 | €91,242 | €4,345 | €2,715 | 20.91 | 19.24 | €15,293 | €16,272 |
| 500-749g | 1,540 | €87,103 | €112,021 | €7,054 | €4,608 | 13.88 | 12.72 | €19,274 | €21,371 |
| 750-999g | 2,004 | €97,283 | €121,688 | €8,645 | €6,368 | 6.89 | 5.91 | €22,579 | €24,882 |
| 1000-1249g | 2,166 | €64,585 | €84,083 | €3,838 | €3,573 | 2.45 | 2.14 | €62,076 | €62,931 |
| 1250-1499g | 3,335 | €58,736 | €76,596 | €3,487 | €3,863 | 1.40 | 1.15 | €72,402 | €70,910 |
| Total | 9,519 | €73,041 | €94,254 | €5,273 | €4,391 | 5.79 | 5.19 | €33,991 | €35,464 |
(ICER: incremental cost-effectiveness ratio, EHMD: exclusive human milk diet, TPP: third-party payer)