Cost per QALY for Selected Treatments

Cholesterol Testing and treatmentby diet (adults age 40-69)

Pacemaker implantation

Hip replacement

Kidney transplantation

Heart Transplantation

Home Hemodialysis

Continuous amb. peritoneal dialysis

Hospital hemodialysis

Erythropoietin for anemia in Dialysis

(assumning no increase in survival)

Sep-90 Dec-99

Dollars Dollars

$418 $531

$209 $265

$224 $285

$896 $1,136

$1,491 $1,891

$32,817 $41,621

$37,779 $47,914

$41,772 $52,978

$240,117 $304,534

Robinson, R. BMJ. 307(6908):859-862, October 2, 1993

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QALYs are calculated by estimating the total life years gained from a procedure and weighting each year to reflect the quality of life in that year. Robinson, Ray. Economic Evaluation and Health Care: Cost-Utility Analysis. [Miscellaneous Article] BMJ. 307(6908):859-862, October 2, 1993.