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Table 3 Health state: utilities and average days

From: A trial-based cost-effectiveness analysis of antibiotic prescription strategies for non-complicated respiratory tract infections in children

Health state

Utility value (days on average)

Reference

DAP

IAP

NAP

Zero symptoms

0.969 (20.57)

0.96 (20.50)

0.963 (20.58)

Mas-Dalmau et al. [24]

Severe symptoms

0.776 (2.39)

0.782 (2.57)

0.773 (2.57)

Mas-Dalmau et al. [24]

Moderate symptoms

0.875 (7.04)

0.897 (6.94)

0.879 (6.86)

Mas-Dalmau et al. [24]

Adverse effect disutility

0.12 (0.05)

0.12 (0.20)

0.12 (0.02)

Shaikn et al. [21] / Coco [20]

  1. DAP delayed antibiotic prescription, IAP immediate antibiotic prescription, NAP no antibiotic prescription