Validating the use of Hospital Episode Statistics data and comparison of costing methodologies for economic evaluation: an end-of-life case study from the Cluster randomised triAl of PSA testing for Prostate cancer (CAP)

Objectives To evaluate the accuracy of routine data for costing inpatient resource use in a large clinical trial and to investigate costing methodologies.Design Final-year inpatient cost profiles were derived using (1) data extracted from medical records mapped to the National Health Service (NHS) r...

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Main Authors: Richard M Martin, Jenny L Donovan, Luke Hounsome, Julia Verne, Joanna C Thorn, Emma L Turner, Eleanor Walsh, Liz Down, David E Neal, Freddie C Hamdy, Sian M Noble
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2016-04-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/6/4/e011063.full