Assessing the Impact of Censoring of Costs and Effects on Health-Care Decision-Making: an Example Using the Atrial Fibrillation Follow-up Investigation of Rhythm Management (AFFIRM) Study

OBJECTIVES: Losses to follow-up and administrative censoring can cloud the interpretation of trial-based economic evaluations. A number of investigators have examined the impact of different levels of adjustment for censoring, including nonadjustment, adjustment of effects only, and adjustment for both costs and effects. Nevertheless, there is a lack of research on the impact of censoring on decision-making. The objective of this study was to …