Sorenson, Corinna, Tarricone, Rosanna, Siebert, Markus and Drummond, Michael (2011) Applying health economics for policy decision making: how much do devices differ from drugs? Europace, 13. pp. 1154-1158. ISSN 1099-5129
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Medical devices pose unique challenges for economic evaluation and associated decision-making processes that differ from pharmaceuticals. We highlight and discuss these challenges in the context of cardiac device therapy, based on a systematic review of relevant economic evaluations. Key challenges include practical difficulties in conducting randomized clinical trials, allowing for a 'learning curve' and user characteristics, accounting for the wider organizational impacts of introducing new devices, and allowing for variations in product characteristics and prices over time.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://europace.oxfordjournals.org/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2011 European Society of Cardiology |
| Divisions: | LSE Health |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Jan 2011 16:45 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Sep 2025 07:59 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/31644 |
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