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Systematic review of health state utility values for economic evaluation of colorectal cancer

Cost-utility analyses undertaken to inform decision making regarding colorectal cancer (CRC) require a set of health state utility values (HSUVs) so that the time CRC patients spend in different health states can be aggregated into quality-adjusted life-years (QALY). This study reviews CRC-related HSUVs that could be used in economic evaluation and assesses their advantages and disadvantages wi...

Incorporating option values into the economic evaluation of health care technologies.

Despite uncertainty being intrinsic to economic evaluation of health care, existing techniques for handling uncertainty remain underdeveloped compared to the formal techniques commonly applied in the business sector. This paper develops an alternative approach to handling uncertainty in economic evaluation based on 'option-pricing' techniques. The presence of uncertainty and the degree of irrev...

Outcomes in health economic evaluation studies.

Correspondence: Marcus Tolentino Silva – Rod. Raposo Tavares, Km 92,5, Sorocaba-SP, CEP: 18023-000 E-mail: [email protected] Health economic evaluation studies are conducted in many different ways, depending on the health outcomes selected. In the present paper, we discuss the main types of outcomes used, presenting their characteristics, how to measure them and the scientific evidences that t...