Cost-Effectiveness Research in Anesthesiology

Equivalence and noninferiority testing in anesthesiology research.

Cost, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness.

Incremental or marginal cost-effectiveness ratios are founded on a number of assumptions that weaken their suitability as a way to balance competing economic and clinical priorities. We therefore propose a more relevant and responsible way to gauge the impact of clinical management strategies based on “consumer protection” principles—explicit disclosure of (1) the total magnitude of expected be...

Cost-effectiveness research in wound care: definitions, approaches, and limitations.

The value of cost-effectiveness research in all areas of healthcare, including wound care, is increasing. The purpose of this narrative review is to discuss and critically examine economic analysis methods and determine how current knowledge should be applied to wound care. Unlike evidence-based medicine, there is less agreement on how to conduct economic analyses in healthcare and universal g...

Economic Evaluation & Analysis of Cost Effectiveness in Dental Research

Effectiveness of a simulator in training anesthesiology residents.

The educational potential of a computer-controlled patient simulator was tested by the University of Southern California School of Medicine. The results of the experiment suggest unequivocally that there is a twofold advantage to the use of such a simulator in training anesthesiology residents in the skill of endotracheal intubation: (a) residents achieve proficiency levels in a smaller number ...