Table 5

Length of stay, estimated cost, QALY gain and cost/QALY by Oxford Hip Score (OHS) quintile

OHS (score band)NLength stay/dayEstimated cost/£QALY gainCost/QALY
MeanSDMedianIQRMean95% CIMean95% CI*
Quintile 1 (13–37)19110.24.150844588–60750.610.52 to 0.7091887893 to 10915
Quintile 2 (38–43)20611.310.249814588–57670.830.74 to 0.9171026126 to 8186
Quintile 3 (44–47)17410.45.749814391–58120.700.61 to 0.8079076814 to 9253
Quintile 4 (48–51)19111.07.052334720–61600.890.79 to 0.9966285830 to 7577
Quintile 5 (52–60)17611.27.550844720–58120.980.87 to 1.0859245189 to 6826
  • * Bootstrapped, bias-corrected CI, based on 10 000 bootstrap replications.

  • QALY, quality-adjusted life year.