Performing a cost-effectiveness analysis: surveillance of patients with ulcerative colitis.
OBJECTIVE
To illustrate the principles of cost-effectiveness analysis, this third article in the "Primer on Economic Analysis for the Gastroenterologist" applies published criteria for appraising an economic analysis to a study of the cost-effectiveness of surveillance of patients with ulcerative colitis.


METHODS
We review and apply the 10 standard criteria for critical appraisal and evaluation of cost-effectiveness analyses.


CONCLUSIONS
We outlined the development and critique of a decision analytic model that examines the cost-effectiveness of surveillance of patients with ulcerative colitis, and we compared the cost-effectiveness of surveillance of patients with ulcerative colitis to other well-accepted medical practices.
Provenzale
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Duke University and Durham VAMC, North Carolina, USA.
Wong
J B
JB
Onken
J E
JE
Lipscomb
J
J
D001706:Biopsy / Q000191:economics; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000191:economics; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000191:economics; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity