title: Median-based incremental cost-effectiveness ratios with censored data.
abstract: Cost-effectiveness is an essential part of treatment evaluation, in addition to effectiveness. In the cost-effectiveness analysis, a measure called the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) is widely utilized, and the mean cost and the mean (quality-adjusted) life years have served as norms to summarize cost and effectiveness for a study population. Recently, the median-based ICER was proposed for complementary or sensitivity analysis purposes. In this article, we extend this method when some data are censored.
authors.affiliation: a Division of Biostatistics, Department of Public Health Sciences , University of California , Davis , California , USA.
authors.forename: Heejung
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bang
authors.affiliation: b Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics , School of Public Health, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station , Texas , USA.
authors.forename: Hongwei
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D019057:Quality-Adjusted Life Years
keywords: Censoring; ICER; cost-effectiveness analysis; median