Prevalence of SNHL in Wilson et C the adult population 20,20% 20,20% 20,20% 20,20% 20,20% 20,20% al., (1999) (%) Estimated number of D Australian adults with B x C 3812099 3878765 3944889 4010474 4075066 4144342 SNHL Proportion of patients Junker et E as possible candidate 0,76% 0,76% 0,76% 0,76% 0,76% 0,76% al., (2002) for a MEI Number of Australian F adults with SNHL and D x E 28972 29479 29981 30480 30970 31497 candidates of a MEI Prevalence of external ear pathology in the see Table G 2,95% 2,95% 2,95% 2,95% 2,95% 2,95% Australian population 34 (%) Estimated number of H Australian adults F x G 855 870 884 899 914 929 eligible for implantation Minimum number of I H / 15 57 58 59 60 61 62 services per year Maximum number of J H / 10 85 87 88 90 91 93 services per year Mean number of Average K 71 72 74 75 76 77 services per year of I & J As stated in the critique of the assessment report, still the calculation of number of services each year is based on the assumption that the existing pool of eligible patients could be implanted over a 10 to 15 year period, with 10 years representing a minimum and 15 years representing a maximum number of services per year. Of course this assumption may be influenced by preferences, their willingness to undergo a patients’ surgical procedure and their ability to pay out-of-pocket for additional services or device costs. assuming that the eligibility criteria in the proposed “Therefore, MBS item descriptor are adhered to, there is a potential for the number of services to be less than the given in Table 61. estimate” Taking into consideration that patients with the medical condition (i.e., candidates for the insertion of partially implantable Middle Ear Implant) are properly examined before the implantation the number of patients that are eligible for the requested intervention equals the number of patients who are candidates not taking service restrictions into accaount (e.g., hospitals/surgeons are not trained to offer the service).
C Prevalence of SNHL in the adult population (%) Wilson et al., (1999) 20,20% 20,20% 20,20% 20,20% 20,20% 20,20% D Estimated number of Australian adults with SNHL B x C 3812099 3878765 3944889 4010474 4075066 4144342 E Proportion of patients as possible candidate for a MEI Junker et al., (2002) 0,76% 0,76% 0,76% 0,76% 0,76% 0,76% F Number of Australian adults with SNHL and candidates of a MEI D x E 28972 29479 29981 30480 30970 31497 G Prevalence of external ear pathology in the Australian population (%) see Table 34 2,95% 2,95% 2,95% 2,95% 2,95% 2,95% H Estimated number of Australian adults eligible for implantation F x G 855 870 884 899 914 929 I Minimum number of services per year H / 15 57 58 59 60 61 62 J Maximum number of services per year H / 10 85 87 88 90 91 93 K Mean number of services per year Average of I & J 71 72 74 75 76 77 As stated in the critique of the assessment report, still the calculation of number of services each year is based on the assumption that the existing pool of eligible patients could be implanted over a 10 to 15 year period, with 10 years representing a minimum and 15 years representing a maximum number of services per year. Of course this assumption may be influenced by patients’ preferences, their willingness to undergo a surgical procedure and their ability to pay out-of-pocket for additional services or device costs. “Therefore, assuming that the eligibility criteria in the proposed MBS item descriptor are adhered to, there is a potential for the number of services to be less than the estimate” given in Table 61. Taking into consideration that patients with the medical condition (i.e., candidates for the insertion of partially implantable Middle Ear Implant) are properly examined before the implantation the number of patients that are eligible for the requested intervention equals the number of patients who are candidates not taking service restrictions into accaount (e.g., hospitals/surgeons are not trained to offer the service).
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