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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2020 Mar;99(3):233–240. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000001281

Table 1:

Parameters for Cost-Effectiveness Model

Variable Base Case Citation Range Tested Distribution

Age 70 SEER12 55 – 85 Binomial

Five-year disease-free survival 0.61 Dziedzic21 0.25 – 0.8 Beta

Five-year overall survival 0.55 SEER12 0.3 – 0.6 Beta

Health utilities Beta
Disease-free 0.79 Tramontano15 0.76 – 0.83
Disease-recurrence 0.76 Tramontano15 0.70 – 0.80
Benefit related to exercise* 0.05 Groessl13 0.01 – 0.10

Costs ($/patient/year) Gamma
Exercise interventions**
LIFE physical activity 1,361 (1,855) Groessl13 500 – 2,500
LIFE health education 413 (1,210) Groessl13 250 – 1,000
Usual care 0 (203) N/A N/A
Treatment of recurrent disease 95,363 Bradley19 80,000–120,000

Probability of increasing exercise Beta
Physical activity/exercise 0.60 Gordon16 0.40 – 0.80
Health education 0.10 N/A 0.10 – 0.20
Usual care 0 N/A 0 – 0.10

Probability of dropout/lost to follow-up* 0.10 Speck17 0.10 – 0.20 Beta
*

Parameter values at one year.

**

Opportunity costs entered in parentheses.

Parameter assumed.

Per standard recommendations for cost-effectiveness analysis models 40.

LIFE = Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders study; SEER = Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program