Cost-Utility Analysis of Mycophenolate Mofetil versus Azathioprine Based Regimens for Maintenance Therapy of Proliferative Lupus Nephritis

Figure 3

Incremental cost-effectiveness scatter plots of the base-case model. (a) 3 years; (b) 10 years after completing 3-year maintenance therapy; (c) 40 years after completing 3-year maintenance therapy. Each single point represents pairs of incremental cost and effectiveness values from probabilistic sensitivity analyses via second-order Monte Carlo simulation of 1,000 iterations. The ellipsis represents the 95% confidence interval. The dotted diagonal line represents the WTP threshold of $50,000/QALY. AZA: azathioprine; MMF: mycophenolate mofetil; WTP: willingness-to-pay; QALY: quality-adjusted life-years.

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