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Table 2 Probability of events following the first hospitalization and number of events

From: Cost-utility analysis of palivizumab in Italy: results from a simulation model in the prophylaxis of respiratory syncytial virus infection (RSV) among high-risk preterm infants

 

RSV-hospitalized subjects

Subjects without RSV-hospitalization

Probability of occurrence

33–35 wks

< 33 wks

BPD

33–35 wks

< 33 wks

BPD

Probability of events following the first hospitalization

      

- hospitalization during the first 12 months after enrolment

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

60.0%

60.0%

60.0%

- mortality throughout the first 12 months

4.0%

4.0%

4.0%

0.8%

0.8%

0.8%

- probability of developing recurrent wheezing throughout the 24 months following enrolment with palivizumab [14]

17.0%*

17.0%*

17.0%*

8.0%

8.0%

8.0%

- probability of developing recurrent wheezing throughout the 24 months following enrolment without palivizumab [14]

17.0%

17.0%

17.0%

16.0%

16.0%

16.0%

Events

      

- no. of hospitalizations due to respiratory causes during the first 12 months after enrollment

2.89

5.40

5.40

1.28

1.00

1.00

  1. From: Ravasio R et al. [15]; *Conservative assumption based on study data published