Costs and consequences of stem cell transplantation in children.
Economic evaluation is a comparison of the costs and consequences of alternative healthcare interventions. Consequences are best assessed as utilities; quality-adjusted measures of effectiveness. Although few substantive data are available, it appears that hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is even more cost-effective in children than in adults.
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Ronald D
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Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. rbarr@mcmaster.ca
D002648:Child; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000628:therapy; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000628:therapy; D011788:Quality of Life; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000191:economics*