Long-term cost-utility analysis of remote monitoring of older patients with pacemakers: the PONIENTE study

BMC Geriatrics

Table 2 Estimation of stochastic variables for Probabilistic Sensitivity Analysis

Variable^a	Monitoring	Intervention groups [n (CM) = 34; n (RM) = 21]			Monte-Carlo simulation [n (CM) = 5000; n (RM) = 5000]			Assumed distribution
Variable^a	Monitoring	Mean	Std.Dev.	Interval	Mean	Std.Dev.	Interval	Assumed distribution
NVH	CM	7.49	1.70	(4–12)	9.40	7.24	(2–88)	Gamma
NVH	RM	4.38	2.62	(2–10)	6.38	37.34	(2–30)	Gamma
NRT	CM	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
NRT	RM	6.62	1.72	(4–9)	8.64	6.41	(2–48)	Gamma
NVHA	CM	1.91	0.70	(1–3)	1.90	1.80	(0–16)	Gamma
NVHA	RM	1.33	0.66	(0–3)	1.31	1.24	(0–10)	Gamma
UCIT	CM	8.72	9.31	(2.7–40.27)	8.69	3.18	(1.28–22.88)	Gamma
UCIT	RM	7.57	7.71	(2.7–34.56)	7.58	1.44	(3.55–13.36)	Gamma
TVH	CM	75.43	39.43	(0–180)	74.80	63.83	(0.33–495.32)	Gamma
TVH	RM	88.57	44.98	(0–180)	88.56	76.33	(0.04–645.03)	Gamma
EQ–5D M12	CM	0.82	0.37	(−0.654–1)	0.81	0.73	(0–6.59)	Gamma
EQ–5D M12	RM	0.90	0.19	(0.362–1)	0.93	0.90	(0–7.65)	Gamma
EQ–5D M60	CM	0.77	0.36	(−0.572–1)	0.75	0.66	(0–5.62)	Gamma
EQ–5D M60	RM	0.68	0.39	(−0.33–1)	0.69	0.55	(0–4.28)	Gamma

^a CM Conventional Monitoring; RM Remote Monitoring; NVH number of visits to hospital; NRT number of remote transfers to hospital; NVHA number of visits to hospital by ambulance; UCIT unitary cost of informal transport; TVH unitary time spent by a visit to hospital; EQ–5D M12 EuroQoL five-dimensional questionnaire after 12 months; EQ–5D M60 EuroQoL five-dimensional questionnaire after 5 years

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