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Table 2 Utilities and QALY losses for simple health states

From: An economic model of long-term use of celecoxib in patients with osteoarthritis

Simple health states

QALY losses

Reference

Dyspepsia (-0.13)

Resolved events (35 days)

-0.01247 (-0.005753 to -0.01496)

[38]

Chronic per year

-0.13 (-0.06 to -0.156)

[38]

Symptomatic peptic ulcers (-0.13)

Resolved events (35 days)

-0.01247 (-0.005753 to -0.01496)

[38]

Chronic per year

-0.13 (-0.06 to -0.156)

[38]

Hospitalization stays

POB (ALOS = 5.56 days)

-0.007926 (-0.00634 to -0.009511)

[12,40,41]

Peptic ulcers (ALOS = 4.10 days)

-0.005868 (-0.004694 to -0.007042)

[12,40,41]

Outpatient POB ER visit

-0.001397 (-0.001118 to -0.001676)

[41]

Endoscopy (-0.4325)

-0.00119 (-000952 to -0.001428)

[41]

Premature POB death per year

-0.67 (-0.536 to -0.804)

[36,37]

  1. QALY, quality-adjusted life year; POB, perforation, obstruction, bleeding ulcer; ALOS, average length of stay; ER, emergency room. QALY benefits discounted 3% annually.