Parameters | Base case estimate | SD | Source |
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Transition probabilities: | |||
Intervention cohort | |||
Daily probability of sub-acute episode | 0.003 | 0.007 | Study data |
Proportion of sub-acute episodes treated within the facility | 0.670 | 0.388 | Study data |
Daily probability of sub-acute episodes admitted to hospital | 0.722 | 0.288 | Study data |
Daily probability of residents being discharged from hospital | 0.283 | 0.150 | Study data |
Usual care cohort | |||
Daily probability of residents being admitted to hospital | 0.001 | 0.004 | Study data |
Daily probability of residents being discharged from hospital | 0.151 | 0.072 | Study data |
All residents | |||
Daily probability of death | 0.0011 | 0.0001 | Study data |
Costs | |||
New diagnostic equipment (annualised)a | |||
Bladder Scanner ×1 | 1714 | 672 | Study data |
ECG Machine ×1 | 351 | 138 | Study data |
Vital Signs Monitor ×1 | 277 | 109 | Study data |
RACF bed day | 194 | 76 | [35] |
Ambulance transfer to hospital | 649 | 254 | [36] |
Hospital bed day | 1807b | 1028 | [14] |
Utility values | |||
RACF residents | 0.514 | 0.252 | [37] |
Elderly inpatients admitted from RACF | 0.44 | 0.4 | [38] |