Journal article
Reporting Cost-effectiveness Analyses With Confidence
Abstract
To the Editor. —One of the recommendations made by Dr Siegel and colleagues1 in their article on reporting cost-effectiveness analyses is that cost-effectiveness ratios should not appear for options that are less effective but more costly than an alternative (ie, are dominated).We agree with this approach when costs and effects are expressed as point estimates.2 However, the increasing frequency with which pharmacoeconomic evaluations are …
Authors
Sacristán JA; Obenchain RL
Journal
JAMA, Vol. 277, No. 5, pp. 375–375
Publisher
American Medical Association (AMA)
Publication Date
February 5, 1997
DOI
10.1001/jama.1997.03540290027020
ISSN
0098-7484