Recent data from the medical literature and other sources were used in an analysis of the cost-effectiveness of coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) in symptomatic patients. Health effectiveness was expressed as the gain in quality-adjusted life expectancy, allowing for a range of subjective weights attached to symptomatic benefits. Costs included those of surgery, medical management of ...

PURPOSE Perioperative intravesical chemotherapy following transurethral resection of bladder tumor has been underused despite level 1 evidence supporting its performance. The primary objective of this study was to estimate the economic and humanistic consequences associated with preventable recurrences in patients initially diagnosed with nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer. MATERIALS AND METHO...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to perform a reference case (average case), cost-utility analysis of laser photocoagulation for extrafoveal choroidal neovascularization associated with age-related macular degeneration using a model incorporating patient preferences. METHODS Visual acuity data for patients treated and observed over a 5-year period were obtained from previously reported s...

OBJECTIVES We examined the cost-effectiveness of treating poorly controlled, severe, persistent asthma patients with bronchial thermoplasty (BT), a novel technology that uses thermal energy to reduce airway smooth muscle mass, with 5-year outcome data demonstrating a durable reduction in asthma exacerbations. STUDY DESIGN We conducted a model-based cost-effectiveness analysis assessing 5-year...