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Performing a cost-effectiveness analysis: surveillance of patients with ulcerative colitis
D Provenzale1, J B Wong, J E Onken
1Duke University and Durham VAMC, North Carolina, USA.
Objective:
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.
Methods:
We review and apply the 10 standard criteria for critical appraisal and evaluation of cost-effectiveness analyses.
Summary:
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.