Cost-effectiveness analysis of mechanical thrombectomy with stent retriever in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke in Italy

Table 2. Parameters’ summary.

Table 3. Treatment costs of stent retriever and IV-tPA.

Table 4. Treatments’ total costs, total QALYs, incremental cost-effectiveness ratio, and net monetary benefit.

Figure 2. Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio trend over a 5-year time horizon.

Table 5. Patients’ distribution among health states induced by MT plus IV t-PA and IV t-PA alone.

Table 6. Total costs of MT plus IV t-PA and IV t-PA alone per level of morbidity.

Figure 3. One-way sensitivity analysis—Tornado Graph.

Figure 4. Cost-effectiveness plane—5-year time horizon.

Figure 5. Cost-effectiveness acceptability curve—5-year time horizon.

Table A1. Transition probabilities of recurrent stroke for IV t-PA alone.

Table A2. Transition probabilities of recurrent stroke for IV t-PA + Solitaire.

Figure A1. Morbidity at 90 days from the acute event for IV t-PA + Solitaire and IV t-PA alone.

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