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Cost-effectiveness of laser ablation of the prostate. Premature evaluation
T Jackson1, A Street, A Costello
1St. Vincent's Hospital.
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care
|January 1, 1995
Abstract:
A cost-effectiveness study compared visual laser ablation of the prostate (VLAP) with transurethral resection (TURP). Achieving equivalent outcomes, VLAP was more expensive than TURP. The result was sensitive to various assumptions, suggesting that VLAP might prove to be the preferred technology. Problems inherent in economic evaluation of emerging technologies are discussed.