Cost-utility analysis of salvage cardiac extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in children William T. Mahle, MD, Joseph M. Forbess, MD, Paul M. Kirshbom, MD, Angel R. Cuadrado, MD, Janet M. Simsic, MD, Kirk R. Kanter, MD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 129, Issue 5, Pages 1084-1090 (May 2005) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.08.012 Copyright © 2005 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Distribution of utility scores from Health Utilities Index Mark II, with mean and SD. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2005 129, 1084-1090DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.08.012) Copyright © 2005 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Sensitivity analysis of cost utility for salvage cardiac extracorporeal membrane oxygenation varying both hospital mortality (between 30% and 70%) and reported utility scores (±0.2). QALY, Quality-adjusted life-year. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2005 129, 1084-1090DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.08.012) Copyright © 2005 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions