Comparing Five Alternative Methods of Breast Reconstruction Surgery: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

Comparing 3-dimensional virtual methods for reconstruction in craniomaxillofacial surgery.

PURPOSE In the present project, the virtual reconstruction of digital osteomized zygomatic bones was simulated using different methods. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 15 skulls were scanned using computed tomography, and a virtual osteotomy of the left zygomatic bone was performed. Next, virtual reconstructions of the missing part using mirror imaging (with and without best fit registration...

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Health Interventions: A Critical Review

Background and Aim: Economic evaluation of health interventions by comparing the relevant costs and benefits will result in optimum allocation of resources and increasing the effectiveness of the health system and, through improving equity and increasing accessibility to health services, will lead to increased effectiveness of the health system. The purpose of this study was to critically evalu...

cost-safety-effectiveness analysis of different methods of rabies vaccination

Confounding and missing data in cost-effectiveness analysis: comparing different methods

INTRODUCTION Common approaches in cost-effectiveness analyses do not adjust for confounders. In nonrandomized studies this can result in biased results. Parametric models such as regression models are commonly applied to adjust for confounding, but there are several issues which need to be accounted for. The distribution of costs is often skewed and there can be a considerable proportion of obs...

Cost-effectiveness analysis of alternative cooling strategies following cardiac arrest

OBJECTIVES Using survival and neurologic outcome as endpoints , this study explored the incremental cost effectiveness of three mutually exclusive cooling strategies employed after resuscitated out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. DESIGN Economic analysis based on retrospective data collection and Markov modeling. SETTING Modeling based on patients housed in a tertiary ICU setting. PATIENTS P...