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Br J Ophthalmol 88:606-612 doi:10.1136/bjo.2003.028712
  • Value based ophthalmology

Cost effectiveness of treatment for amblyopia: an analysis based on a probabilistic Markov model

Table 2

Estimated costs (€) of treatment per year and total *

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Total
*Based on estimates for average resource utilisation made by 12 experts. †Standard deviation of estimates for average costs, which can be considered an estimate for the standard error of mean costs.12
Without discounting (discount rate 0%)
Mean 435 347 305 230 198 150 137 130 126 2261
Standard error† 144 132 154 127 116 72 57 50 48 638
Median 445 312 226 184 145 130 115 108 108 1680
Range 206–688 192–552 118–534 103–474 86–431 86–326 86–249 86–240 85–240 857–3666
Discount rate 3%
Mean 435 337 287 210 176 129 115 105 100 2083
Standard error† 144 128 145 116 103 62 48 41 38 585
Median 445 303 213 168 129 112 97 87 85 1562
Range 206–688 187–536 111–503 95–433 77–383 74–281 72–208 70–195 67–189 796–3370

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