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Table 6 Overview of cost-utility ratios and ICER

From: Quality of life and costs of spasticity treatment in German stroke patients

Utility parameter

INCO

CON

ICER

Responder rate in Ashworth Score per clinical pattern

Responder rate

Cost-utility ratio

Responder rate

Cost-utility ratio

Shoulder adduction/internal rotation

62.9 %

16,325 €

15.5 %

30,929 €

11,549 €

Shoulder abduction

73.0 %

14,066 €

19.7 %

24,335 €

10,271 €

Shoulder elevation

72.7 %

14,124 €

20.6 %

23,272 €

10,507 €

Flexed elbow

83.8 %

12,253 €

26.9 %

17,821 €

9,621 €

Pronated forearm

79.0 %

12,998 €

22.0 %

21,791 €

9,604 €

Flexed wrist

86.2 %

11,912 €

26.6 %

18,022 €

9,185 €

Thumb-in-palm

78.8 %

13,031 €

20.0 %

23,970 €

9,310 €

Clenched fist

84.4 %

12,166 €

22.2 %

21,595 €

8,801 €

Intrinsic-Plus-position (hand)

78.9 %

13,014 €

19.5 %

24,585 €

9,216 €

Improvement in SF-12 dimension

Improvement

Cost-utility ratio

Improvement

Cost-utility ratio

ICER

Physical Health

7.96

1,290 €

0.83

5,776 €

768 €

Mental Health

10.75

955 €

5.71

840 €

1086 €

  1. Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratio (ICER) = (Total costs INCO – Total costs CON)/(Utility value INCO – Utility value CON)