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TABLE III.

Sensitivity Analysis of Indirect Cost with Variation in Return-to-Work Probability After BPI^*

	Return to Work (% of Patients)			Average Wage Loss Per Patient ($)		Average Lifetime Disability Payment Per Patient ($)	Average Lifetime Indirect Cost Per Patient ($)
	Do Not Return to Work	Return to Different Job^†	Return to Same Job^‡	Short-Term	Long-Term	Average Lifetime Disability Payment Per Patient ($)	Average Lifetime Indirect Cost Per Patient ($)
Case 1^*	40 (derived from systematic review)	27	33	$22,740	813,652	384,606	1,220,998
Case 2	30	37	33	$22,740	735,521	284,784	1,043,045
Case 3	20	47	33	$22,740	658,145	187,102	867,987
Case 4	50	27	23	$22,740	970,136	485,283	1,478,159
Case 5	60	27	13	$22,740	1,119,146	579,624	1,721,510

Base case: 26-year-old male manual laborer who sustained a BPI. Cases 2 through 5 vary the proportions of return-to-work possibilities.

^†

At 50% of the former wage, with 0% disability payments.

^‡

At 100% of the former wage, with 0% disability payments.