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Table 2 Model inputs

From: Value of information: interim analysis of a randomized, controlled trial of goal-directed hemodynamic treatment for aged patients

Model inputs

Estimates

Distributions

Short-term clinical outcome (routine care)a

  

  Probability of…

  

   In-hospital mortality

0.129

DirichletI (52, 26, 2, 162,160)

   Cardiovascular complications

0.065

   Stroke

0.005

   Other complications

0.403

   uncomplicated recovery

0.398

Relative risk of mortality GDHT versus routine [8]

0.75

Lognormal (−0.28; 0.09)

Relative risk of complications GDHT versus routine

0.81

Lognormal

Long-term clinical outcome (routine care)

  

Mortality associated with cardiovascular diseaseb

  

   First year

0.107

Deterministic

   Second year

0.058

Deterministic

   Third year

0.056

Deterministic

  Mortality associated with stroke at 3 monthsc

0.15

Deterministic

  Mortality associated with other complicationsa

0.18

Beta (31; 140)

  Recovery associated with other complicationsa

0.41

Beta (70; 101)

  Mortality after recovery with other complicationsa

0.15

Beta (17; 95)

Costs/patient for routine fluid treatment in the clinical routine (€)d

  

  Medical device for fluid treatment

11

Deterministic

  Human resources in pre-operative area

27

Deterministic

  Human resources during anesthesia

117

Deterministic

Costs/patient for GDHT (€)d

  

Medical device for GDHT

221

Deterministic

Human resources in pre-operative area

159

Deterministic

Human resources during anesthesia

401

Deterministic

Post-operative direct health-care costs/patient (€)e

  

  Cardiovascular complications

  

   Myocardial infarction

7,498

Gamma (90; 83)

   Heart failure

9,903

Gamma (104;95)

  Stroke

7,550

Gamma (8; 956)

  Other complications

  

   Pneumonia

8,514

Gamma (106; 81)

   Renal failure

12,197

Gamma (6; 1442)

   Wound infection

8,566

Gamma (218; 39)

   Deep-vein thrombosis

7,617

Gamma (62; 124)

   Pulmonary embolism

10,190

Gamma (17, 600)

   Gastrointestinal bleeding

9,900

Gamma (64, 154)

   Confusion

7,961

Gamma (866; 9)

  Death

9,020

Gamma (273, 33)

  No complications

6,753

Gamma (956; 7)

Direct health-care costs, first year after hospital stay (€)f

  

  State after…

  

No complications

147

Deterministic

Cardiovascular complications

7,673

Deterministic

Stroke

7,512

Deterministic

Other complications

7,314

Deterministic

Recovery from other complications

396

Deterministic

  Death

4,837

Deterministic

Direct health-care costs, 2 to 10 year after hospital stay (€)f

  

  State after…

  

   Cardiovascular complications

386

Deterministic

   Stroke

402

Deterministic

   Other complications

396

Deterministic

QALY weights, estimates [7]

  

   >80 years age

0.74

Beta (322; 113)

   Recovered after other complication [9]

0.66

Beta (227; 117)

Decrements of QALY weights [8]

  

  State after…

  

   Cardiovascular complications

−0.19

Gamma (298; 0.0006)

   Stroke

−0.35

Gamma (100; 0.0035)

   Other complications

−0.15

Gamma (100; 0.0007)

  1. GDHT goal-directed hemodynamic therapy, QALY quality-adjusted life years, € Euros.
  2. I The Dirichlet distribution is a multivariate normalization of beta distribution that considers that the sum of probabilities is 1.0.
  3. a Swedish Registry on Hip Fracture.
  4. b Swedish National Registry on Secondary Prevention in Cardiac Intensive Care.
  5. c Swedish National Stroke Registry.
  6. d Karolinska University Hospital in Huddinge, Sweden.
  7. e University Hospital in Lund, Sweden.
  8. f Epidemiological Centre of the Swedish National Board of Health.
  9. Probability estimates characterized each post-operative outcome (the post-operative complications as well as death).