Base Case Lower Value OWSA Upper Value OWSA
Resource use
Proportion of patients requiring hospitalization
Neutropenia 0.05 0.04 0.06
Febrile neutropenia 0.5 0.4 0.6
Fatigue 0.3 0.24 0.36
Nausea 0.45 0.36 0.54
Vomiting 0.65 0.52 0.78
Anaemia 0.38 0.3 0.46
Thrombocytopenia 0.13 0.1 0.16
Hypokalemia 0.75 0.6 0.9
Bone Pain 0.34 0.27 0.41
Diarrhoea 0.43 0.34 0.52
Management resource use
Stable disease
Physician outpatient visit (per week) 0.08 0.06 0.1
Imaging CT scan – abdominal (per week) 0.04 0.03 0.05
Imaging bone scan (per week) 0.06 0.05 0.07
Complete blood count (per week) 0.08 0.06 0.1
Prostatic Specific Antigen (per week) 0.08 0.06 0.1
Length of stay (days per year) ALP based
Pre-SSE radium-223 5.05 3.84 6.42
Pre-SSE BSC 6.14 3.97 8.78
Post-SSE radium-223 20.78 13.9 29.02
Post-SSE BSC 41.18 26.24 59.43
Care Center Use (days per year) ALP based
Pre-SSE radium-223 0.43 0.16 0.82
Pre-SSE BSC 0.56 0.19 1.12
Post-SSE radium-223 1.38 0.38 3.02
Post-SSE BSC 1.05 0.09 3.19
Physician visits (visits per year) ALP based
Pre-SSE radium-223 6.04 5.23 6.91
Pre-SSE BSC 5.72 4.73 6.8
Post-SSE radium-223 9.99 7.74 12.52
Post-SSE BSC 11.09 5.8 18.06
Progressed disease
Physician outpatient visit (per week) 0.25 0.2 0.3
Imaging CT scan – abdominal (per week) 0.08 0.06 0.1
Imaging bone scan (per week) 0.08 0.06 0.1
Complete blood count (per week) 0.08 0.06 0.1
Prostatic Specific Antigen (per week) 0.08 0.06 0.1
Length of stay (days per year) ALP based
Pre-SSE radium-223 7.7 4.36 11.97
Pre-SSE BSC 12.94 7.51 19.83
Post-SSE radium-223 34.67 19.12 54.77
Post-SSE BSC 30.19 16.85 47.36
Care Center Use (days per year) ALP based
Pre-SSE radium-223
Pre-SSE BSC 0.02 0 0.07
Post-SSE radium-223 0.68 0.02 2.41
Post-SSE BSC 3.47 0.75 8.23
Physician visits (visits per year) ALP based
Pre-SSE radium-223 9.68 5.67 14.75
Pre-SSE BSC 8.42 4.92 12.84
Post-SSE radium-223 13.97 5.58 26.14
Post-SSE BSC 9.84 6.46 13.92
Unit costs
Radium-223 4532.5
Hospitalization day cost 443.61 354.89 532.33
Day Care Center Cost per Day 186.26 149.01 223.51
Physician visits 81.02 64.82 97.22
End of life care 4181.67 3345.34 5018
External beam radiation 2427.72 1942.75 2913.26
Outpatient costs for adverse events
Neutropenia 273.1 218.48 327.72
Febrile neutropenia 7168.1 5734.48 8601.72
Fatigue 0 0 0
Nausea 0.51 0.41 0.61
Vomiting 15.41 12.33 18.49
Anaemia 501.83 401.46 602.2
Thrombocytopenia 387.28 309.82 464.74
Hypokalemia 1.55 1.24 1.86
Bone Pain 453.6 362.88 544.32
Diarrhoea 12 9.6 14.4