The Core Value of Cost-Effectiveness Analyses

Sanket S Dhruva; Harlan M Krumholz

doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2015.11.013

The Core Value of Cost-Effectiveness Analyses

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016 Jan 5;67(1):39-41. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.11.013.

Authors

Sanket S Dhruva¹, Harlan M Krumholz²

Affiliations

¹ 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.
² 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.

No abstract available

Keywords: aortic stenosis; appropriate use; cost-benefit analysis; heart valve prosthesis; quality-adjusted life-years; transcatheter valve therapy.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Aortic Valve Stenosis / surgery*
Female
Heart Valve Prosthesis / economics*
Humans
Male
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement / economics*
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement / instrumentation*

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding