The health authorities are considering the treatment alternatives for a type of heart disease. For each diagnosis, there are a number of mutually independent treatment alternatives (including no treatment) as shown in the following table.

Treatment	Cost per treatment	Life years gained	Quality weight	QALYs Gained
A	0	0	0
B	100	10	0.5
C	300	14	0.2
D	500	17	0.5
E	600	20	0.5
F	940	15	0.8

1. Obtain the QALYs of all treatments
2. Identify all strongly dominated treatment alternatives. Explain why each is dominated.
3. What strategies are extended dominated? Explain the reasons.
4. What strategies are economically rational (economically efficient)? Please interpret their ICERs.

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