El presente documento muestra los principales aspectos metodológicos a tener en cuenta para incorporar la evaluación económica en una guía de práctica clínica en países en desarrollo. El documento está dirigido a los usuarios de las evaluaciones económicas en salud para ampliar el...

The paper presents the main methodological aspects to taking to account for making economic analysis in the context of a clinical practice guideline in a developing country. It is addressed to users of health economic analyses in order to enhance knowledge of what economic analyses are, their...

Se evalúa con un árbol de decisión la costo-efectividad de la adición del Péptido Natriuréticotipo B al índice de Riesgo Cardiaco Revisado de Lee en la valoración del riesgo cardiovascular en pacientes sometidos a cirugía mayor no cardiaca. La estrategia Lee =3 a un costo de Col $79.452...

En personas con diabetes, una infección en el pie frecuentemente conduce a amputación. La radiografía plana es el método tradicionalmente usado en la evaluación de las infeccionas óseas del pie, pero comparada con ella, la resonancia magnética es más sensible y específica. Se realiza...

In people with diabetes, a foot infection often leads to amputation. Plain film x-ray is the traditional method in assessing foot bone infections but magnetic resonance is more sensitive and specific. A comparison is performed here between radiography and radiography plus magnetic resonance in...

Contrast media induced nephropathy is a common cause of kidney failure in hospitalized patients. It has been suggested that high-osmolality contrast media caused less nephropathies than low-osmolality ones. The cost-effectiveness of High- (Iodixanol) and Low-osmolality (Iohexol, Iopamidol and...

English Abstract: Purpose: Countries without EQ-5D general-population surveys might use valuations from another country with similar health valuations. This study aimed to identify whether there are groups of countries with similar health-state valuations.Methods: A cluster analysis was...

Objetive: To conduct a cost-effectiveness analysis comparing tamoxifen and aromatase inhibitors in adyuvant treatment of hormone receptor-positive, post-menopausal early breast cancer patients.Methods: Effectivity was defined as disease-free survival. By means of a Markov model we estimated the...

A decision tree is used to assess the cost effectiveness of adding the type B natriuretic peptid to the revised Lee index of cardiovascular risk. The Lee=3 strategy is cost effective for a WTP lower than Col $11.292.903 at a cost per patient of Col $79.452. Lee strategy with a threshold of 3 has...

Introduction: An estimated 1,399 new cases of pancreatic cancer (PC) and 1,406 deaths from the same cause occurred in Colombia in 2002. We evaluate the cost-effectiveness of multidetector computed tomography (CT), endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) and positron emission tomography with computed...