Title: Healthcare 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.
Subjects: Aged, Breast, Breast Neoplasms, Cancer, Cataract, Cataract Extraction, Cost effectiveness, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Economics, Health Services for the Aged, Medical care, Older people, Older persons, Surgery, Therapy, Treatment