Table 1

Assumed costs and utility associated with each Glasgow Outcome Scale state, and assumed cost of neurosurgery

GOS stateOne-off cost (£)Annual costs (£)Utility valueSource
247 67446 5950.00Pandor et al15 with costs inflated using Curtis and Burns11
3037 2140.15
418 83700.51
500Population value*Assumption
  • *The utility in GOS state 5 were estimated from Ara and Brazier16 conditional on age and sex.