Costs and expected gain in lifetime health from intensive care versus general ward care of 30,712 individual patients: a distribution-weighted cost-effectiveness analysis

Costs and expected gain in lifetime health from intensive care versus general ward care of 30,712 individual patients: a distribution-weighted cost-effectiveness analysis

Abstract Background Clinicians, hospital managers, policy makers, and researchers are concerned about high costs, increased demand, and variation in priorities in the intensive care unit (ICU). The objectives of this modelling study are to describe the extra costs and expected health gains associate...

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Main Authors: Frode Lindemark, Øystein A. Haaland, Reidar Kvåle, Hans Flaatten, Ole F. Norheim, Kjell A. Johansson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:Critical Care
Subjects:
Intensive care
Cost-effectiveness
Severity of disease
Quality-adjusted life years
Resource allocation
Health priorities
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13054-017-1792-0

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