title: Overview of economic evaluation of positron-emission tomography.
abstract: Since the 1990s positron-emission tomography (PET) in Germany has been used increasingly in clinical diagnostics in the areas of oncology, cardiology, and neurology/ psychiatry. As the use of PET requires a complex and expensive infrastructure, analysis of the cost-effectiveness of PET compared to common diagnostic methods is becoming increasingly important. This contribution summarizes and discusses the results of a health technology assessment report on the cost-effectiveness of PET.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Gesundheitsökonomie, University of Ulm, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stratmann-Schöne
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Klose
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Leidl