Performing a cost-effectiveness analysis: surveillance of patients with ulcerative colitis.

Provenzale, D; Wong, J B; Onken, J E; Lipscomb, J · Am J Gastroenterol · 1998

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Abstract

To illustrate the principles of cost-effectiveness analysis, this third article in the "Primer on Economic Analysis for the Gastroenterologist" applies published criteria for appraising an economic analysis to a study of the cost-effectiveness of surveillance of patients with ulcerative colitis. We review and apply the 10 standard criteria for critical appraisal and evaluation of cost-effectiveness analyses. We outlined the development and critique of a decision analytic model that examines the cost-effectiveness of surveillance of patients with ulcerative colitis, and we compared the cost-effectiveness of surveillance of patients with ulcerative colitis to other well-accepted medical practices.

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