title: Cost-effectiveness and quality of life: benefits of lung transplantation.
abstract: Improvement in quality of life is a major reason patients choose to undergo lung transplantation. This article reviews the present state of knowledge regarding the effects of lung transplantation on health-related quality of life (HRQL), and the cost-effectiveness of lung transplantation. Lung transplantation has been found to im-prove many measures of HRQL. Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome adversely affects HRQL. Studies of cost effectiveness are few in number, and cost-effectiveness estimates vary widely. More data regarding the HRQL benefits of lung transplantation will allow these concepts to be used in lung transplantation decision-making.
authors.affiliation: University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. lianne.singer@uhn.on.ca
authors.forename: Lianne G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Singer
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D009864:Ontario; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D018579:Patient Selection; D011788:Quality of Life; D018570:Risk Assessment