02.06.2013 Views

Aanesthetic Agents for Day Surgery - NIHR Health Technology ...

Aanesthetic Agents for Day Surgery - NIHR Health Technology ...

Aanesthetic Agents for Day Surgery - NIHR Health Technology ...

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

1.80<br />

The new variable cost and total cost per patient<br />

were calculated. The results are listed in Table 62.<br />

Derivation of ICERs<br />

There is no strong evidence to suggest that<br />

the PONV rates will differ between halothane,<br />

isoflurane or sevoflurane when these agents are<br />

given in conjunction with propofol (see chapter 2).<br />

There<strong>for</strong>e, the outcomes were assumed to be the<br />

same as in the observed dataset. Table 63 shows the<br />

total variable costs and PONV rates <strong>for</strong> the groups<br />

<strong>for</strong> the observed and modelled alternatives. It can<br />

be seen that substituting halothane with isoflurane<br />

has a small effect on costs, but does not alter the<br />

conclusion that propofol with an inhalational<br />

© Queen’s Printer and Controller of HMSO 2002. All rights reserved.<br />

<strong>Health</strong> <strong>Technology</strong> Assessment 2002; Vol. 6: No. 30<br />

–0.20<br />

–0.25 –0.20 –0.15 –0.10 –0.05 0 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20 0.25<br />

–2.20<br />

–4.20<br />

–6.20<br />

–8.20<br />

–10.20<br />

–12.20<br />

Difference in variable cost (increase in cost<br />

compared with sevoflurane/sevoflurane) (£)<br />

Effect size (decrease in probability of PONV with<br />

sevoflurane/sevoflurane)<br />

FIGURE 25 The cost-effectiveness plane <strong>for</strong> propofol/halothane versus sevoflurane/sevoflurane (the 2.5% and 97.5% percentile<br />

boundaries are indicated by the straight line from the origin) in the paediatric study<br />

TABLE 62 Sensitivity analysis: modelling the effect on costs of substituting isoflurane and sevoflurane <strong>for</strong> halothane in the paediatric<br />

study (n = 159)<br />

Cost Anaesthetic regimen<br />

Propofol/halothane, Propofol/isoflurane, Propofol/sevoflurane,<br />

observed costs modelled costs modelled costs<br />

Mean (SD) total cost (£) 84.0 (21.2) 84.8 (21.4) 93.5 (23.7)<br />

Mean (SD) variable cost (£) 3.5 (1.9) 4.4 (2.0) 13.0 (6.6)<br />

TABLE 63 Modelled costs and outcomes <strong>for</strong> the different<br />

anaesthetic regimens in the paediatric study<br />

Anaesthetic Total No. of<br />

regimen variable patients<br />

cost <strong>for</strong> with PONV<br />

group (%)<br />

(£)<br />

Propofol/halothane, observed 556.5 9 (5.6%)<br />

Sevoflurane/sevoflurane,<br />

observed<br />

2021.2 24 (16.5%)<br />

Propofol/isoflurane, modelled 699.6 9 (5.6%)<br />

Propofol/sevoflurane, 2067.0 9 (5.6%)<br />

modelled<br />

77

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!