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Title: | The use of cost per life year gained as a measurement of cost-effectiveness in Spain: a systematic review of recent publications |
Author: | Rodríguez Barrios, José Manuel Pérez Alcántara, Ferran Crespo Palomo, Carlos González García, Paloma Antón de las Heras, Enrique Brosa, Max |
Keywords: | Anàlisi econòmica Economia de la salut Espanya Economic analysis Medical economics Spain |
Issue Date: | Dec-2012 |
Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
Abstract: | The objective of this study was to evaluate the methodological characteristics of cost-effectiveness evaluations carried out in Spain, since 1990, which include LYG as an outcome to measure the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio. METHODS: A systematic review of published studies was conducted describing their characteristics and methodological quality. We analyse the cost per LYG results in relation with a commonly accepted Spanish cost-effectiveness threshold and the possible relation with the cost per quality adjusted life year (QALY) gained when they both were calculated for the same economic evaluation. RESULTS: A total of 62 economic evaluations fulfilled the selection criteria, 24 of them including the cost per QALY gained result as well. The methodological quality of the studies was good (55%) or very good (26%). A total of 124 cost per LYG results were obtained with a mean ratio of 49,529<euro> and a median of 11,490<euro> (standard deviation of 183,080). Since 2003, a commonly accepted Spanish threshold has been referenced by 66% of studies. A significant correlation was found between the cost per LYG and cost per QALY gained results (0.89 Spearman-Rho, 0.91 Pearson). CONCLUSIONS: There is an increasing interest for economic health care evaluations in Spain, and the quality of the studies is also improving. Although a commonly accepted threshold exists, further information is needed for decision-making as well as to identify the relationship between the costs per LYG and per QALY gained. |
Note: | Versió postprint del document publicat a: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10198-011-0326-y |
It is part of: | European Journal of Health Economics, 2012, vol. 13, num. 6, p. 723-740 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/44707 |
Related resource: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10198-011-0326-y |
ISSN: | 1618-7598 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística) |
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