A model for estimating the cost-utility of clinical audit. The example of thrombolysis for suspected acute myocardial infarction.
Economic evaluation of quality assurance programs is often called for but rarely reported. A study was designed to estimate the cost-utility of audit of thrombolysis in four U.K. district general hospitals, using the quality-adjusted life year. Although the results obtained were imprecise, the model used could be applied in future evaluations.
Robinson
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London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Thompson
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Black
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D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit / Q000191:economics*; D017059:Models, Econometric; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000188:drug therapy; D019057:Quality-Adjusted Life Years; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy / Q000191:economics; D006113:United Kingdom