title: Cost effectiveness of stent implantation versus PTCA: the BENESTENT experience.
abstract: The aim of this paper is to assess the costs and effects of stent implantation versus percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). Data have been taken from both the BENESTENT-I and BENESTENT-II pilot study. Effects are expressed in terms of event-free survival and costs include those of the initial hospitalization and those during follow-up. The costs per additional event-free survivor after 7 months are estimated at Dfl 88,315, Dfl 28,127 and Dfl 6747 using respectively the results from the BENSTENT-I study, the BENESTENT-II pilot study and phase IV of the BENESTENT-II pilot study. Significant decreases in complications and ischaemic events have made stent implantation not only the most favourable in terms of event-free survival but also in terms of cost effectiveness.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Medical Technology Assessment, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Van Hout
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: van der Woude
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: de Jaegere
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van den Brand
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: van Es
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Serruys
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Morel
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000191:economics*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000191:economics*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000191:economics* / Q000601:surgery; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011788:Quality of Life; D015607:Stents / Q000191:economics