Sensitivity analysis of the effects on the national estimates of modifying key parameters
| No of avoidable cases | Total health costs ($, in thousands) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Key parameters | Fatalities | Hospitalized cases | ED cases | Direct | Indirect |
| ED, emergency department; RR, relative risk. *Baseline scenario assumes NCHS death rates, HCUP rates for any diagnosis of BRHI, NEISS ED rates, RR = 3.23, and discount rate of 3%. | |||||
| Baseline* | 327 | 6884 | 99894 | $81212 | $2288320 |
| HCUP14 principal diagnosis of BRHI | 327 | 5185 | 99894 | $68533 | $1839168 |
| RR = 1.657 | 176 | 3676 | 52351 | $44844 | $1222911 |
| RR = 6.675 | 419 | 8808 | 129287 | $103055 | $2931185 |
| Discount rate of 1% | 327 | 6884 | 99894 | $81212 | $3917906 |
| Discount rate of 5% | 327 | 6884 | 99894 | $81212 | $1523224 |
| Hospitalization rates based on NEISS2 | 327 | 5780 | 99894 | $72091 | $2026867 |
| ED rates based on Thompson et al. (1990)17 | 327 | 6884 | 89115 | $79712 | $2288320 |