title: Surrogate, friend or foe? The need for case studies of the use of surrogate outcomes in cost-effectiveness analyses.
abstract: We comment on a recent article by Hawkins et al. presenting different analytic approaches for the inclusion of surrogate and final outcomes in cost-effectiveness analyses. This methodological case study provides a timely and valuable contribution to build on the debate about the use of evidence based on surrogate outcomes in health technology assessment.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ciani
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic