PNS192 MULTI-COMPARATOR INCREMENTAL COST EFFECTIVENESS: A NOVEL APPROACH TO ASSESS THE COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF HEALTHCARE INTERVENTIONS

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...

Incremental Cost-Effectiveness (ICE) Concepts

Cost-effectiveness of coronary interventions.

As the costs of medical care continue to rise, there has been increasing interest in evaluating the cost-effectiveness of medical practices. One area that has received particular scrutiny in recent years is percutaneous coronary revascularisation (PTCA). In the United States alone, more than 300 000 PTCAs are performed each year at an estimated cost of approximately US$3 billion. Despite the tr...

Cost-effectiveness of public health interventions - a new methodological approach

Background The goal of public health interventions is to move the distribution of life style risk factors in a healthier direction to decrease disability-causing disease and improve quality of life in the population. We recently presented a novel method to estimate the population-level impact of a public health intervention, using changes in the distribution curve of the outcome of interest. Th...

The cost-effectiveness of public health interventions.

BACKGROUND The need to make best use of limited resources in the English National Health Service is now greater than ever. This paper contributes to this endeavour by synthesizing data from cost-effectiveness evidence produced to support the development of public health guidance at the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). No comprehensive list of cost-effectiveness estim...