Table 2

The input values of the economic evaluation

ParameterValueSource
False-negative rate of a single RT-PCR test29% 12
Costs/RT-PCR test (CN¥)260 33
Costs per hospital day of the fully quarantined individuals (CN¥)1332 34
Costs of the mixed profiles of the symptomatic and infective individuals (CN¥)80% of the costs of the fully quarantined individualsAssumption
Utility weight0.6 36
Fraction of the I class individuals tested for discharges/day0.067/day 14 26
QALY loss per death7.11 QALYs 8 30 31
  • CN¥, Chinese yuan; RT-PCR, reverse transcription-PCR.