HEDS is part of the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) at the University of Sheffield. We undertake research, teaching, training and consultancy on all aspects of health related decision science, with a particular emphasis on health economics, HTA and evidence synthesis.

Monday 22 October 2012

Recent CUAs

Twice each month the CEA Registry Blog lists recently published cost utility studies and associated papers.  47 papers were listed this time. Here's a few  in our areas of research interest:

Hettle R, Wouters H, Ayres J, et al. Cost-utility analysis of tiotropium versus usual care in patients with COPD in the UK and Belgium. Respir Med. 2012 Oct 3. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 23040833.

Hannouf MB, Xie B, Brackstone M, et al. Cost-effectiveness of a 21-gene recurrence score assay versus Canadian clinical practice in women with early-stage estrogen- or progesterone-receptor-positive, axillary lymph-node negative breast cancer. BMC Cancer. 2012 Oct 2;12(1):447. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 23031196.

McCullagh L, Walsh C, Barry M. Value-of-Information Analysis to Reduce Decision Uncertainty Associated with the Choice of Thromboprophylaxis after Total Hip Replacement in the Irish Healthcare Setting. Pharmacoeconomics. 2012 Oct 1;30(10):941-59. PubMed PMID: 22667458.

Stroupe KT, Lederle FA, Matsumura JS, et al. Cost-effectiveness of open versus endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm in the OVER trial. J Vasc Surg. 2012 Oct;56(4):901-909.e2. Epub 2012 May 27. PubMed PMID: 22640466.

Yang M, Rajan S, Issa AM. Cost effectiveness of gene expression profiling for early stage breast cancer: A decision-analytic model. Cancer. 2012 Oct 15;118(20):5163-70. doi: 10.1002/cncr.27443. Epub 2012 Feb 22. PubMed PMID: 22359236.