OBJECTIVES: Cost utility analyses compare the costs and health outcome of interventions,
with a denominator of quality-adjusted life year, a generic health utility measure combining …

Objectives: Cost-effectiveness analyses are increasingly used to aid decisions about
resource allocation in healthcare; this practice is slow to translate into critical care. We …

There are 4 general economic analyses used in health care: cost minimization, cost-benefit,
cost-effectiveness, and cost utility. In this review, we provide an overview of each of these …

Economic evaluations are increasingly common in the critical care literature, although
approaches to their conduct are not standardized. The American Thoracic Society convened …

Background: Receiving care in an intensive care unit can greatly influence patients' survival
and quality of life. Such treatments can, however, be extremely resource intensive …

Scarce resources are a reality in all health care systems. There is a constant challenge to
maximize health benefits within the resources available. This is particularly relevant when …

Understanding economic outcomes in critical care : Current Opinion in Critical Care
Understanding economic outcomes in critical care : Current Opinion in Critical Care Log in or …

Background Trial-based cost-utility analyses require health-related quality of life data that
generate utility values in order to express health outcomes in terms of quality-adjusted life …

End-of life care is in need of improvement, yet little is known about the effectiveness or cost
of various end-of-life therapies. Economic analyses are used to help make decisions …

Mortality is a well-established patient-important outcome in critical care studies. In contrast,
morbidity is less uniformly reported (given the myriad of critical care illnesses and …