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Table 4 Mean yearly numbers and costs of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures* in the AMC by disease state

From: Cost-effectiveness of enzyme replacement therapy for type 1 Gaucher disease

Disease state**

Mean costs per procedure in €

Number of procedures

95% LCL

95% UCL

Costs in €

95% LCL

95% UCL

Asymptomatic (N = 4)

20.9

70.2

25.0

102.4

1,470

455

2,152

Signs/symptoms (N = 25)

33.5

86.1

63.5

110.5

2,887

1,974

3,885

Recovery (N = 20)

32.4

94.3

79.6

110.1

3,055

1,708

4,858

Splenectomy (N = 5)

35.4

136.6

106.8

171.1

4,836

2,544

7,145

Bone complication (N = 8

40.9

106.0

73.9

154.9

4,337

1,590

9,313

Multiple complications (N = 22)

24.0

91.3

75.2

109.8

2,194

1,652

2,826

Malignancy (N = 4)

76.4

360.1

68.0

646.3

27,523

4,786

51,722

  1. LCL: lower limit of the confidence interval, UCL: upper limit of the confidence interval.
  2. *AMC inpatient days too were counted as procedures here.
  3. **Patients may contribute to more than one disease state.