Leukemia Treatment Cost-Effectiveness Model

Enter baseline values below for age at diagnosis, cost of hydroxyurea ($), cost of interferon including administration ($), the annual discount rate (0–1), and the utility of Interferon treatment (0–1).

Age at Diagnosis (in years)   Cost of Hydroxyurea (dollars per month)   Cost of Interferon and Administration (dollars per month) ? Annual Discount Rate   Interferon (flu-like symptoms)

(NOTE: For the purposes of this demonstration, the Markov process terminates after 100 cycles/months. A full analysis would run from 5 to 10 times longer, in order to model an entire "life cycle." The full Markov process would tend to decrease the Interferon treatment option's marginal cost-effectiveness ratio.)