… To estimate quality adjusted life years (QALYs), we used utility values to weigh the time
spent in a health state by its level of impairment: independent (0.774), moderately dependent (…

… event is applied to the costs as mentioned for the utilities of the IS and ICH states. Higher …
Event probabilities and utilities were assumed to have Beta distributions; costs were assumed …

… Care-related quality-of-life utilities were calculated using the Care-related Quality of Life
instrument and associated tariffs. Societal costs of caregiving were calculated based on the …

… analysis,” and “economic burden” and excluding terms such as “cost effectiveness,” “cost
utility,” and “cost benefit” using Boolean operators. The search strings are reported in Appendix …

… in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF) in Greece. … Utility values for events were
based on literature. A treatment-related disutility of 0.05 was applied to the VKA arm. Costs …

… estimates of economic costs, health utilities and qualityadjusted life years (QALYs). We
further extracted summary cost-effectiveness outcomes, such as incremental cost-effectiveness …

… Cost utility analysis guides procurement decisions and involves calculation of incremental
costs … the unit measure as the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER; ie cost per QALY). …

Background: Radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) is an established treatment for atrial
fibrillation (AF) refractory to antiarrhythmic drugs. The economic value of RFCA in delaying …

… cost utility analyses suggest that the administration of colchicine to patients undergoing
cardiac surgery is cost… in our study, the proportion of patients treated at any given predicted …

… Conservative utility values for stroke were used in this study for EQ-5D; however, utility values
… estimate of the impact of stroke on utility were examined in the scenario analysis [38, 39]. …