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64<br />

Results of the adult economic evaluation<br />

TABLE 40 Comparison of the variable cost per patient from the<br />

empirical study and the simulation <strong>for</strong> the adult study<br />

Anaesthetic Mean (SD) variable cost (£)<br />

regimen<br />

Empirical study Simulation<br />

Propofol/propofol 21.1 (12.2) 21.7 (11.4)<br />

Propofol/sevoflurane 13.8 (11.7) 14.4 (8.1)<br />

Propofol/isoflurane 7.4 (4.4) 7.2 (4.0)<br />

Sevoflurane/sevoflurane 15.3 (6.8) 15.1 (5.6)<br />

groups (ANOVA, F (3,705), 5.34; p = 0.0012).<br />

The sevoflurane/sevoflurane group had a<br />

significantly lower net benefit than did the<br />

propofol/isoflurane and the propofol/<br />

propofol groups (Tukey’s HSD test,<br />

p < 0.01) (Figure 16).<br />

Figure 17 shows the cumulative percentage of the<br />

net benefit/cost <strong>for</strong> each arm. The net cost was<br />

positive <strong>for</strong> around 15–25% of patients in the<br />

four study groups.<br />

TABLE 41 The results of the simulation <strong>for</strong> the case where all groups in the adult study receive prophylactic ondansetron<br />

Anaesthetic regimen Variable cost per patient Patients with PONV ICER (£/PONV<br />

(95% CI) (£) (95% CI) (%) instance avoided)<br />

Propofol/propofol 25.5 (24.7 to 26.3) 9.4 (6.4 to 12.4) 289 *<br />

Propofol/sevoflurane 17.7 (17.2 to 18.3) 12.1 (8.2 to 16.1) 3350 †<br />

Propofol/isoflurane 11.0 (10.7 to 11.2) 12.3 (8.2 to 16.4) –<br />

Sevoflurane/sevoflurane 18.9 (18.5 to 19.3) 20.3 (14.7 to 26.0) Dominated<br />

* Calculated with respect to the propofol/sevoflurane regimen<br />

† Calculated with respect to the propofol/isoflurane regimen<br />

TABLE 42 The results of the simulation <strong>for</strong> the case where all groups in the adult study except the propofol/propofol group receive<br />

prophylactic ondansetron<br />

Anaesthetic regimen Variable cost per patient Patients with PONV ICER (£/PONV<br />

(95% CI) (£) (95% CI) (%) instance avoided) *<br />

Propofol/propofol 21.1 13.9 (9.8 to 18.1) Dominated<br />

Propofol/sevoflurane 17.7 (17.2 to 18.3) 12.1 (8.2 to 16.1) 3350<br />

Propofol/isoflurane 11.0 (10.7 to 11.2) 12.3 (8.2 to 16.4) –<br />

Sevoflurane/sevoflurane 18.9 (18.5 to 19.3) 20.3 (14.7 to 26.0) Dominated<br />

* Calculated with respect to the propofol/isoflurane regimen<br />

TABLE 43 Net cost (£) by anaesthetic regimen in the adult study (invalid answers excluded)<br />

Net cost Anaesthetic regimen Total<br />

(n = 709)<br />

Propofol/ Propofol/ Propofol/ Sevoflurane/<br />

propofol isoflurane sevoflurane sevoflurane<br />

(n = 178) (n = 189) (n = 182) (n = 162)<br />

Mean (SD) total cost (£) 131.4 (88.9) 116.8 (79.8) 129.9 (99.3) 128.3 (72.8) 126.5 (85.8)<br />

Mean (SD) net benefit 50.8 (286.1) 106.6 (245.4) 38.7 (209.4) –23.3 (151.5) 45.6 (343.1)<br />

(induction only, Net[I])<br />

Mean (SD) net benefit 324.5 (526.5) 265.8 (333.2) 271.3 (401.8) 185.1 (343.6) 263.0 (410.4)<br />

(maintenance only, Net[M])<br />

Mean (SD) net benefit 507.3 (640.6) 489.1 (631.8) 440.8 (499.2) 289.0 (395.5) 435.5 (560.1)<br />

(induction and maintenance,<br />

Net[I + M])

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