Fig 1.
* A separate pairwise comparison with bimodal hearing (comparator) was made using sequential bilateral cochlear implantation as the intervention.
Table 1.
Key model characteristics and assumptions.
Table 2.
Utility values by age.
Table 3.
Units of incremental resource use comparing bilateral cochlear implantation intervention groups to bimodal hearing control group.
Table 4.
Cost parameters of resource use.
Table 5.
Base case analysis results.
Fig 2.
One-way sensitivity analysis results (simultaneous bilateral cochlear implantation).
ICER, incremental cost-effectiveness ratio; QALY, quality-adjusted life year.
Fig 3.
One-way sensitivity analysis results (sequential bilateral cochlear implantation).
ICER, incremental cost-effectiveness ratio; QALY, quality-adjusted life year.
Fig 4.
Cost-effectiveness acceptability curve.