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Fig. 3

From: Efficacy of contrast versus non-contrast CT surveillance among patients surviving two years without recurrence after surgery for stage I lung cancer

Fig. 3

Incremental cost-effectiveness plane for contrast CT compared with non- contrast CT at two years after surgery. Replications of the incremental cost effectiveness of contrast CT compared with non- contrast CT at 2 years after surgery are shown. The incremental cost-effectiveness plane represents the impact of contrast CT compared to non-contrast CT at two years after surgery in terms of the difference in quality-adjusted life years (QALY) and accompanying healthcare-related costs during a follow-up period of 5 years. Each of the 25,000 points represent the result of one bootstrap replication. The difference in cumulative costs is displayed on the vertical axis and the difference in QALYs is displayed on the horizontal axis. The average incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) is indicated by the red dot. The willingness-to-pay (WTP) threshold of $30,000 per QALY added (dashed line) is indicated in the plane.

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