Utility and cost estimates for people in Canada
| Description | Point estimate | Distribution (parameters)† | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall* | Male | Female | ||
| Utilities | ||||
| Health-related quality of life weight at age 65–74 yr (2015) (28) | 0.849 | 0.825 | NA | |
| Health-related quality of life weight at age 75–84 yr (2015) (28) | 0.782 | 0.762 | NA | |
| Health-related quality of life weight at age ≥ 85 yr (2015) (28) | 0.614 | 0.62 | NA | |
| Disutility after emergency repair‡ | −0.15 | NA | ||
| Disutility after scheduled repair‡ | −0.1 | NA | ||
| Costs§, (29), (30) CAN$ | ||||
| Ultrasonography | 47.42 | γ (47.42 [9.48]) | ||
| Preoperative assessment | 94.94 | γ (94.94 [18.99]) | ||
| EVAR, scheduled | 25 876.83 | γ (25 876.83 [5175.37]) | ||
| EVAR, emergency | 41 705.91 | γ (41 705.91 [8341.18]) | ||
| Open repair, scheduled | 27 394.54 | γ (27 394.54 [5478.91]) | ||
| Open repair, emergency | 56 848.16 | γ (56 848.16 [11 369.62]) | ||
| Follow-up after EVAR, scheduled | 84.11 | γ (84.11 [16.82]) | ||
| Follow-up after other procedures | 157.71 | γ (157.71 [31.54]) | ||
Note: EVAR = endovascular aortic repair, NA = not applicable.
↵* Overall estimates used only when separate estimates for males and females were not available.
↵† Distribution parameters are point estimates and their standard deviations.
↵‡ Based on expert opinion.
↵§ In 2022 Canadian dollars, adjusted by Consumer Price Index.