title: The Core Value of Cost-Effectiveness Analyses.
authors.affiliation: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut.
authors.forename: Sanket S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Dhruva
authors.affiliation: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale School of Medicine; Department of Health Policy and Management, Yale School of Public Health; and Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut. Electronic address: harlan.krumholz@yale.edu.
authors.forename: Harlan M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Krumholz
mesh_terms: D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D065467:Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement / Q000191:economics* / Q000295:instrumentation*
keywords: aortic stenosis; appropriate use; cost-benefit analysis; heart valve prosthesis; quality-adjusted life-years; transcatheter valve therapy