Healthcare cost-effectiveness analysis for older patients
Subtitle: using cataract surgery and breast cancer treatment data
By: Arash Naeim.
Contributors: Rand Graduate School.
Series: Dissertation ;; RGSD-168; Dissertation (Rand Graduate School) ;; RGSD-168.
Publisher: RAND
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 166
Subjects: Medical care -- Cost effectiveness.; Cataract -- Surgery -- Cost effectiveness.; Breast -- Cancer -- Treatment -- Cost effectiveness.; Older persons -- Medical care -- Cost effectiveness.
Other titles: Health care cost effectiveness analysis for older patients
Description: The two sections of this dissertation discuss cataract surgery and breast cancer treatment in older patients. A randomized clinical trial of older patients with cataracts forms the basis of a cost-effectiveness analysis of several approaches to cataract surgery. An evidence-based decision analysis is used to map the uncertainty associated with treatment decision for older patients with newly diagnosed early-stage breast cancer.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-166).
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