Using and interpreting cost-effectiveness acceptability curves: an example using data from a trial of management strategies for atrial fibrillation

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The cost-effectiveness acceptability curve (CEAC) is a method for summarizing the uncertainty in estimates of cost-effectiveness. The CEAC, derived from the joint distribution of costs and effects, illustrates the (Bayesian) probabil...

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Main Authors: Levy Adrian R, Marshall Deborah A, Fenwick Elisabeth, Nichol Graham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-04-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/6/52