Cost-Effectiveness of Ultrasound-Guided Liver Biopsy Table 4

Cost-Effectiveness of Ultrasound-Guided Liver Biopsy

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table 4. Results Per 1,000 Patients

	“Blind” Liver Biopsy	US-Guided Liver Biopsy

Total number of major complications	20	8
Total number of minor complications	500	370
Cost of major complications	$100,000	$40,000
Cost of minor complications	$28,900	$21,675
Total cost per strategy	$500,900	$533,675
Incremental effectiveness		12
Incremental cost		$32,775
Incremental cost to prevent one major complication		$2,731