Research Article
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/m2 | 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/m2 | 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/m2 | 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 |
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†3.7% discounting for both costs and QALY in line with the Hungarian Health Economic Guidelines [ 27]. |