Research Article

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Total Hip Arthroplasty Performed by a Canadian Short-Stay Surgical Team in Ecuador

Table 4

Sensitivity analysis for cost of prostheses and of personnel travel and accommodation.

ā€‰ICER ($CAD/QALY) for lifetime
UnilateralBilateralStaged

Actual$4,442.77$2,939.49$4,392.23
No prostheses cost$3,411.40$1,984.32$1,699.88
Full prostheses cost$5,515.44$4,436.35$5,496.62
No personnel costs$1,157.53$1,112.35$952.90
No personnel or prostheses costs$402.74$234.26$200.68
No personnel with full prostheses costs$1,755.48$1,807.97$1,548.81