Objective: To assess the cost effectiveness of nasal calcitonin (Miacalcin(R)) compared with no therapy, alendronate or etidronate in the treatment of postmenopausal women with previous osteoporotic fracture. Design and setting: Meta-analysis followed by economic analysis. Perspective: A...

Pharmacological treatment of hypertension has been shown to reduce the risk of stroke, coronary events, heart failure and progression of renal disease. However, rates of successful blood pressure control remain low among treated patients while antihypertensive medication represents a large and...

A growing body of recent work has identified several problems with economic evaluations undertaken alongside controlled trials that can have potentially serious impacts on the ability of decision makers to draw valid conclusions. At the same time, the use of cost-effectiveness models has been...

Objective: To estimate the potential savings in overall cardiovascular disease (CVD) treatment costs for the US population with coronary artery disease (CAD) resulting from the use of amlodipine. Study design and methods: Using patient-level data from a retrospective analysis of the Prospective...

Background: In the Balloon Angioplasty and Anticoagulation Study (BAAS), coumarins added to routine aspirin therapy before coronary angioplasty reduced cardiac events at the cost of a slightly higher risk of bleeding complications. Objective: To determine the cost effectiveness of coumarin...

Objective: The principle aim of this study was to generate a league table of drugs considered by the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) for reimbursement. The table was used to test the hypothesis that decisions made by the PBAC are consistent with the maxim of economic...

Objective: To evaluate the relationship between how much a new cardiovascular therapy improves clinical outcomes over current therapies and how much more it can cost while still remaining Design: We developed a decision model to predict the 6-month cumulative cost savings and increased life...

Despite the growing use of decision analytic modelling in cost-effectiveness analysis, there is a relatively small literature on what constitutes good practice in decision analysis. The aim of this paper is to consider the concept of `validity' and `quality' in this area of evaluation, and to...

Objective: To compare the relative value of an inhaled corticosteroid, fluticasone propionate 88microg twice daily, versus an oral leukotriene receptor antagonist, zafirlukast 20mg twice daily, in patients with persistent asthma currently receiving short acting beta2-agonists alone. Study...

Objective: The primary objective of this study was to estimate the cost effectiveness of treating diabetic foot ulcers with becaplermin (Regranex(R)) plus good wound care (GWC) compared with GWC alone in a variety of European healthcare settings. A secondary objective was to analyse the effect...