Table 4 Effectiveness, costs and setting of interventional treatments
Parameter | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
Interventional treatment effectiveness | ||
Monthly probability of recurrence after 1st and 2nd treatment | ||
Surgery | 0.00833 | NICE [44] |
ClosureFast | 0.00833 | Assumption |
UGFS | 0.00914 | NICE [44] |
Probability of top-up treatment | ||
Surgery | 0.05 | NICE [44] |
ClosureFast | 0.05 | NICE[44] |
UGFS | 0.20 | NICE [44] |
Probability of receiving 2nd intervention after recurrence | 0.75 | NICE [44] |
Treatment setting and costs | ||
Outpatient treatment proportion | ||
Surgery | 0.60 | Assumption |
ClosureFast | 0.90 | Assumption |
UGFS | 1.00 | Assumption |
Inpatient treatment costs | ||
Surgery | 2,218.02 € | DRG F39b |
ClosureFast | 2,218.02 € | DRG F39b |
Outpatient treatment costs | ||
Surgery | 639.45 € | OPS-Code 5–385.70* |
ClosureFast | 1,100.00 € | Assumption** |
UGFS | 47.23 €*** | EBM-Codes 03111, 30501, 30500 |
Monthly costs of conservative compression therapy | 11.45 € | Kemper et al. [72] |