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Cost‐utility analysis alongside the PD SURG trial
Author(s) -
Green Alexander L.,
Gregory Ralph
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
movement disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.352
H-Index - 198
eISSN - 1531-8257
pISSN - 0885-3185
DOI - 10.1002/mds.26916
Subject(s) - library science , citation , general hospital , medicine , art history , history , general surgery , computer science
It is important to estimate costs and effects as in this well performed cost-utility analysis (CUA) by McIntosh and colleagues comparing deep brain stimulation (DBS) to best medical therapy (BMT) for patients with advanced Parkinson's disease (PD) in the United Kingdom. We agree with Dams and Dodel in their editorial that the study is the first to fill a number of gaps in the existing literature. However, clarification of the appropriateness of the time horizon of the base case analysis, the interim nature of the current analysis, the extrapolation of early extra surgical costs beyond 1 year, and the use of obsolete data is required