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. 2020 Nov 2;20(12):1–134.

Table 25:

Scenario Analysis Results—Net Budget Impact

Budget Impacta
Scenario Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Totalb
Scenario 1: Societal Perspective
 Phototherapy 611,931 637,173 661,506 685,726 709,628 3,305,965
 Other medical costs 3,064 1,389 −1,182 −5,423 −10,880 −13,032
 Non-medical costs −283,077 −480,639 −647,812 −775,996 −871,299 −3,058,823
Total 331,918 157,923 12,512 95,692 172,552 234,110
Scenario 2: Incorporating Subsequent Lines of Treatments
 Phototherapy 611,931 637,173 661,506 685,726 709,628 3,305,965
 Other medical costs −7,170 −106,729 −225,103 −377,752 −557,052 −1,273,806
Total 604,762 530,444 436,403 307,974 152,576 2,032,159
Scenario 3: 5% Annual Increase in Uptake
 Phototherapy 611,931 1,251,966 1,918,367 2,612,902 3,335,739 9,730,904
 Other medical costs 3,064 1,113 −5,490 −20,431 −45,155 −66,899
Total 614,995 1,253,079 1,912,877 2,592,470 3,290,584 9,664,005
Scenario 4: 25% Suitable for Home NB-UVB
 Phototherapy 305,966 318,587 330,753 342,863 354,814 1,652,983
 Other medical costs 1,532 695 −591 −2,711 −5,440 −6,516
Total 307,498 319,281 330,162 340,152 349,374 1,646,467
Scenario 5: 75% Suitable for Home NB-UVB
 Phototherapy 917,897 955,760 992,260 1,028,590 1,064,442 4,958,948
 Other medical costs 4,596 2,084 −1,773 −8,134 −16,320 −19,548
Total 922,493 957,843 990,487 1,020,456 1,048,122 4,939,400
Scenario 6: Include Portion of People With Unknown Diagnosis on IntelliHealth
 Phototherapy 783,377 815,691 846,842 877,847 908,445 4,232,202
 Other medical costs 3,923 1,778 −1,513 −6,942 −13,929 −16,683
Total 787,299 817,469 845,328 870,905 894,517 4,215,519
Scenario 7: Eczema
 Total (cost of phototherapy only) 189,477 194,619 199,761 204,902 210,044 998,803
Scenario 8: All Photoresponsive Conditions
 Total (cost of phototherapy only) 1,209,970 1,234,799 1,259,628 1,284,457 1,309,286 6,298,141

Abbreviations: NB-UVB, narrowband ultraviolet B phototherapy.

a

In 2019 Canadian dollars.

b

Numbers may not add correctly due to rounding.