PMC6 AFFORDABLE BOOTSTRAPS? EVALUATING FREEWARE OPTIONS FORANALYZING INCREMENTAL COST EFFECTIVENESS DATA

Incremental Cost-Effectiveness (ICE) Concepts

Incremental cost-effectiveness of initial cataract surgery.

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to perform a reference case, cost-utility analysis of initial cataract surgery using the current literature on cataract outcomes and complications. DESIGN Computer-based econometric modeling. METHODS Visual acuity data of patients treated and observed over a 4-month postoperative period was obtained from the US National Cataract Patient Outcomes Researc...

DQ Options: Evaluating Data Quality Projects Using Real Options

Data plays a critical role in organizations up to the point of being considered a competitive advantage. However, the quality of the organizations’ data is often inadequate, affecting strategic and tactical decision making, and even weakening the organization’s image. Nevertheless it is still challenging to encourage management to invest in data quality improvement projects. Performing a tradit...

Acceptance of health technology assessment submissions with incremental cost-effectiveness ratios above the cost-effectiveness threshold

OBJECTIVES In health technology assessment (HTA) agencies where cost-effectiveness plays a role in decision-making, an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) threshold is often used to inform reimbursement decisions. The acceptance of submissions with ICERs higher than the threshold was assessed across different agencies and across indications, in order to inform future reimbursement submi...

On Projection of Costs and Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratios: A Data Example

Cost and cost-effectiveness analysis has been more and more important to both policy makers and clinicians in assessing health care delivery. The incremental costeffectiveness ratio (ICER) is widely used inpractice to evaluate the relative health benefit of one treatment over another. Due to the short time span ofclinical trials, the cost estimated from observed data are often right censored. T...