A cost effectiveness study of integrated care in health services delivery: a diabetes program in Australia

Table 4 Results of cost effectiveness analysis for the SHDGP Diabetes Program^(a)

	Base case	Lower bound	Upper bound
Cost of SHDGP Diabetes Program per patient-year (Additional file 1)	$196	$146	$196
Treatment cost savings per patient-year (Table 3)	-$34	-$116	+$46
Net cost per patient-year	$162	$30	$242
Discounted net cost per patient over 40 years^(b)	$2,919	$540	$4,360
Life-years saved (Table 2)	0.36	0.36	0.36
Increase in QALE (Table 2)	0.30	0.30	0.30
Cost per life-year saved	$8,108	$1,502	$12,111
Cost per year increase in QALE	$9,730	$1,802	$14,533

Note: (a) All dollar values are expressed in Australian dollars, 2005 prices.
(b) Assumes net cost per patient-year is the same each year for 40 years. Discount rate = 5% per annum.
Source: SHDGP Diabetes Program; UKPDS Outcomes Model [26]; [34], p.1 and Table 1; [33, 35]

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