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Table 4 Characteristics of each cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) for diabetic ulcers (n = 16)

From: A systematic review of cost-effectiveness analyses of complex wound interventions reveals optimal treatments for specific wound types

CEA (Original year of values)

Country (Original currency)

Perspective

Efficacy study design

Sample size

Population

Timeframe

Funding source a

Abidia 2003 (2000) [48]

UK (£)

Not reported

RCT

18

Mean 71 yrs; diabetes

52 wks

Not reported

Apelqvist 1996 (1993) [49]

Sweden (SEK)

Society

RCT

41

Included >40 yrs; diabetes

12 wks

Mixed

Edmonds 1999 (1996) [50]

UK (£)

Provider

RCT

40

Mean 66 yrs; diabetes; foot infections

2 wks

Private

Guo 2003 (2001) [51]

USA (US$)

Society

SRb

126

60 yrs; diabetes

12 yrs

Not reported

Habacher 2007 (2001) [52]

Austria (€)

Society

Observational

119

Mean 65 yrs; diabetes

15 yrs

Not reported

Horswell 2003 (1999) [53]

USA (US$)

Not reported

Observational

214

Mean 54 yrs; diabetes; mostly African-Americans

52 wks

Not reported

Jansen 2009 (2006) [54]

UK (£)

Public payer

RCT

402

Mean 58 yrs; diabetes

approx. 4 wks

Private

Jeffcoate 2009 (2007) [55]

UK (£)

Public payer

RCT

317

Mean 60 yrs; diabetes

24 wks

Public

McKinnon 1997 (1994) [56]

USA (US$)

Provider

RCT

90

Mean 60 yrs; diabetes; limb-threatening foot infections

3 wks

Private

Persson 2000 (1999) [57]

Sweden (US$)

Not reported

SR of RCTs

500

Median 60 yrs; diabetes

52 wks

Private

Piaggesi 2007 (2006) [58]

Italy (€)

Not reported

RCT

40

Mean 60 yrs; diabetes

12 wks

Private

Redekop 2003 (1999) [59]

The Nether-lands (€)

Society

RCT

208

Elderly; diabetes

52 wks

Private

Allenet 2000 (1998) [60]

France (FF)

Society

RCT

235

Diabetes; (ages not reported)

52 wks

Not reported

Ghatnekar 2002 (2000) [61]

France (€)

Not reported

RCT

157

Diabetes; (ages not reported)

52 wks

Private

Ghatnekar 2001 (1999) [62]

UK(US$)

Public payer

SR of RCTs

449

Diabetes; (ages not reported)

52 wks

Private

Hailey 2007 (2004) [63]

Canada (CAN$)

Public payer

SR of RCTs

305

65 yrs; diabetes

12 yrs

Public

  1. RCT, Randomized clinical trial; SR, Systematic review; wks, Weeks; yrs, Years.
  2. aMixed here indicates both private and public funding.
  3. bNot specified if the included studies were RCTs or not (but states they were prospective controlled clinical studies).