Table 1.
Model parameters
| Variable | Value | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Cost∗ | ||
| Transplant | ||
| Inpatient costs for ECMO-bridged transplant | $636,023 | Patient-level data |
| Inpatient costs for non–ECMO-bridged transplant | $538,928 | Patient-level data |
| LVAD | ||
| Inpatient costs for ECMO-bridged LVAD | $769,471 | Patient-level data |
| Inpatient costs for non–ECMO-bridged LVAD | $325,242 | Patient-level data |
| Annual cost after transplant | ||
| Year 1 | $155,512 | Long and colleagues, 201412 |
| Year 2 and beyond | $34,905 | Long and colleagues, 201412 |
| Annual cost after LVAD | ||
| Year 1 | $164,831 | Long and colleagues, 201412 |
| Year 2 and beyond | $46,835 | Long and colleagues, 201412 |
| End-of-life care costs | $62,324 | Long and colleagues, 201412 |
| QALY weights | ||
| Postheart transplant | ||
| NYHA I | 0.90 | Göhler and colleagues, 200913 |
| NYHA II | 0.83 | Göhler and colleagues, 200913 |
| NYHA III | 0.74 | Göhler and colleagues, 200913 |
| NYHA IV | 0.60 | Göhler and colleagues, 200913 |
| Post-LVAD | ||
| ECMO-bridged QALY | 0.82 | Unai and colleagues, 201714 |
| Non–ECMO-bridged QALY | 0.79 | Unai and colleagues, 201714 |
| Survival | ||
| Years after transplant | ||
| ECMO-bridged survival | ||
| 1 Year | 0.707 | DeFilippis and colleagues, 202115 |
| 2 Year | 0.666 | DeFilippis and colleagues, 202115 |
| 5 Year | 0.618 | DeFilippis and colleagues, 202115 |
| Non–ECMO-bridged survival | ||
| 1 Year | 0.92 | Mishra and colleagues, 201716 |
| 3 Year | 0.87 | Mishra and colleagues, 201716 |
| 5 Year | 0.81 | Mishra and colleagues, 201716 |
| 7 Year | 0.77 | Mishra and colleagues, 201716 |
| Years after LVAD placement | ||
| ECMO-bridged survival | ||
| 1 Year | 0.692 | DeFilippis and colleagues, 202115 |
| 2 Year | 0.626 | DeFilippis and colleagues, 202115 |
| 5 Year | 0.565 | DeFilippis and colleagues, 202115 |
| Non–ECMO-bridged survival | ||
| 1 Year | 0.88 | Han and colleagues, 201817 |
ECMO, Extracorporeal membranous oxygenation; LVAD, left ventricular assist device; QALY, quality-adjusted life years; NYHA, New York Heart Association.
∗
Cost in 2020 US dollars.