Table 9Cost Effectiveness Results for Day Case versus Inpatient Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

StrategyDiscountedIncrementalICER
CostsQALYsCostsQALYs
Day-case laparoscopic cholecystectomy£2534,6515.887
Inpatient laparoscopic cholecystectomy£2932.2415.998£397.590.111£3568 / QALY
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Results represent means of 1,000 probabilistic model runs

From: 4, Evidence Review and Recommendations

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