Table 1 Key model inputs for the cost-effectiveness analysis

 u_norm

Age 16–19

0.87

Hawthorne et al. 2013 [25]

0.17

Age 20–29

0.84

0.2

Age 30–39

0.84

0.21

Age 40–49

0.81

0.22

Age 50–59

0.8

0.23

Age 60–69

0.79

0.22

Age 70–79

0.76

0.24

Age 80–85

0.68

0.26

 u_stroke_IS

0–1

mRS 0

0.63

Sturm et al. 2002 [28]

mRS 1

0.63

mRS 2

0.4

mRS 3

0.18

mRS 4

0.06

mRS 5

0.02

 u_TIA

Utility value post TIA

0.63

Sturm et al. 2002 [28]

 u_stroke_HE

Utility value post a haemorrhagic stroke

0.3

Shin et al. 1997 [29]

0–0.6

 u_MI

Utility value post a MI

0.87

Tsevat et al. 1993 [30]

0.80–0.95

 u_CHF

Utility value post CHF

0.67

Pandor et al. 2013 [31]

 u_PVD

Utility value post PVD

0.79

Itoga et al. 2018 [32]

 u_otherCHD^b

Utility value post other CHD

0.665

Calculated

 u_postCVD

Utility value post CVD

0.626

  c_MI

cost of hospitalisation for a myocardial infarction

$ 8944

NHCDC 2015–16 cost report

894

  c_UA

cost of hospitalisation for an unstable angina

$ 6077

NHCDC 2015–16 cost report

608

  c_otherCVD

cost of hospitalisation for other CVD

$ 9796

NHCDC 2015–16 cost report

980

  c_stroke_IS

cost of hospitalisation for an ischaemic stroke

$ 10,712

NHCDC 2015–16 cost report

5733-22,245

1071

  c_stroke_HA

cost of hospitalisation for a haemorrhagic stroke

$ 15,563

NHCDC 2015–16 cost report

6116-22,245

1556

  c_TIA

cost of hospitalisation for a TIA

$ 5172

NHCDC 2015–16 cost report

3339-7005

  c_PVD

cost of hospitalisation for a peripheral vascular disease

$ 6241

NHCDC 2015–16 cost report

–

  c_CHD

cost of hospitalisation for a congestive heart failure

$ 7003

NHCDC 2015–16 cost report

3037-12,423

700

  c_CVD_death_other

cost of other CVD-related death

$ 8688

average

  c_mgmt_MI

cost of management post MI

$ 4302

Turkstra et al. 2013 [33]

430

  c_mgmt_UA

cost of management post UA

$ 4302

  c_mgmt_otherCVD

cost of management post otherCVD

$ 4667

average

  c_mgmt_stroke

cost of management post stroke

$ 6410

NHCDC 2015–16 cost report; Cobiac et al. 2012 [34]

641

  c_mgmt_TIA

cost of management post TIA

$ 1431

mRS0

  c_mgmt_PVD

cost of management post PVD

$ 5062

Itoga et al. 2018 [32]

mild case (intermittent claudication), outpatient visit every per 3 months

$ 150

MBS 23

severe case (critical limb ischaemia), outpatient visit every month, 30 min nurse time every 2 weeks

$ 1990

MBS 104 & MBS 82210

amputated case (GBP 23,502/AUD 41902 per year)

$ 41,902

  c_mgmt_CHD

cost of management post CHD

$ 6494

Maru et al. 2018 [35]

649

  c_mgmt_postCVD

the average cost of post CVD management

$ 4667

Assumption

  c_intervention

group physical activity training

$ 31.63

MBS 10953

individual dietitian

$ 60.60

MBS 10954

group dietitian

$ 80.80

MBS 81105

text reminder

$ 1.00

Gao et al. 2018 [36]