Cost-Effectiveness of Bariatric Surgery in Patients Living with Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes

Table 1

Base-case analysis results.

BMI classes	Values with no discounting costs and health outcomes			Values with discounting both costs and health outcomes^†			Cost-effectiveness evaluation
	Bariatric surgery	Comparator	Differences	Bariatric surgery	Comparator	Differences
BMI: 30-34.99 kg/m^2
Cost (Euro)	124 362	171 135	-46 773	67 035	91 419	-24 384	Dominant
QALY	12.94	10.13	2.81	8.51	7.01	1.50
BMI: 35-39.99 kg/m^2
Cost (Euro)	120 839	159 080	-38 241	65 341	84 112	-18 771	Dominant
QALY	12.62	10.01	2.61	8.29	6.93	1.36
BMI: 40-50 kg/m^2
Cost (Euro)	107 294	138 673	-31 379	64 867	81 932	-17 064	Dominant
QALY	11.91	9.11	2.80	7.85	6.38	1.47

^†3.7% discounting for both costs and QALY in line with the Hungarian Health Economic Guidelines [27].