Objective: To estimate the cost-effectiveness of local vs. oral antibiotic in non-pregnant women with vaginal discharge suggestive of bacterial vaginosis.Methods: We compared four combinations of antibiotics for the first option and for the treatment of clinical failure: vaginal clindamycin and...

Objective: To estimate the cost-effectiveness of 18FDG-PET/CT compared to CT followed by 18FDG-PET/CT as a confirmatory test for a positive case at the end of treatment in patients less than 18 years with Hodgkin lymphoma.Materials and Methods: A decision tree in TreeAge® was built to compare...

Objective: To estimate the cost-effectiveness for Colombia of four asymptomatic-bacteriuria (ABU) screening alternatives in pregnant women: a) urine culture, b) Gram stain, c) urianalysis and d) urianalysis followed by urine culture after a positive result.Methods: Two decision trees were built...

Objective: To estimate the cost-effectiveness of the supply of calcium of 1200mg per day from the week 14 of pregnancy to all pregnant women compared to not supplying it to reduce the incidence of preeclampsia. Methods: A decision tree was built in TreeAge® with outcome measured in life years...

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...