Advantages of the net benefit regression framework for trial-based economic evaluations of cancer treatments: an example from the Canadian Cancer Trials Group CO.17 trial. [PDF]
BackgroundEconomic evaluations commonly accompany trials of new treatments or interventions; however, regression methods and their corresponding advantages for the analysis of cost-effectiveness data are not widely appreciated.MethodsTo illustrate ...
Chen, Bingshu E +12 more
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Eflornithine is a cost-effective alternative to melarsoprol for the treatment of second-stage human West African trypanosomiasis in Caxito, Angola. [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To compare the cost-effectiveness of eflornithine and melarsoprol in the treatment of human African trypanosomiasis. METHOD: We used data from a Médecins Sans Frontières treatment project in Caxito, Angola to do a formal cost-effectiveness ...
Adam +23 more
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A Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Multigene Testing for All Patients With Breast Cancer
Key Points Question Is unselected genetic testing of all women with breast cancer cost-effective compared with testing based on clinical criteria or family history?
Li Sun +21 more
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Economic evaluation of healthcare programs seeks to compare treatments and preventive measures in terms of their efficiency, that is, their ability to generate health and well-being relative to the costs incurred. This chapter provides an introduction to one particular but widely used evaluation technique: cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA).
Catherine Henderson +2 more
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The cost effectiveness of reusable vs. single‐use flexible bronchoscopy in the peri‐operative setting has yet to be determined. We therefore aimed to determine this and hypothesised that single‐use flexible bronchoscopes are cost effective compared with ...
J. M. Mouritsen +6 more
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Diagnostic assessment reviews : is cost-effectiveness analysis helpful or necessary? [PDF]
Objective Diagnostic Assessment Reviews are part of the work programme of the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in England to evaluate emergent medical technologies and so ensure timely and consistent adoption within the National
Mason, James, Mistry, Hema
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Should Research Ethics Encourage the Production of Cost-Effective Interventions? [PDF]
This project considers whether and how research ethics can contribute to the provision of cost-effective medical interventions. Clinical research ethics represents an underexplored context for the promotion of cost-effectiveness.
A Briggs +80 more
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Economic evaluation: a reader’s guide to studies of cost-effectiveness
Background Understanding what an economic evaluation is, how to interpret it, and what it means for making choices in a health delivery context is necessary to contribute to decisions about healthcare resource allocation.
J. Haxby Abbott +5 more
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Modelling the cost effectiveness of interferon beta and glatiramer acetate in the management of multiple sclerosis [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the cost effectiveness of four disease modifying treatments (interferon betas and glatiramer acetate) for relapsing remitting and secondary progressive multiple sclerosis in the United Kingdom. DESIGN: Modelling cost effectiveness.
Abrams, K. +6 more
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Economic Evaluation Plan (EEP) for A Very Early Rehabilitation Trial (AVERT): An international trial to compare the costs and cost-effectiveness of commencing out of bed standing and walking training (very early mobilization) within 24 h of stroke onset with usual stroke unit care [PDF]
Rationale: A key objective of A Very Early Rehabilitation Trial is to determine if the intervention, very early mobilisation following stroke, is cost-effective.
Fiona Ellery +9 more
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