COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF LASER-ABLATION OF THE PROSTATE - PREMATURE EVALUATION

Authors
JACKSON T STREET A COSTELLO A CROWE H
Citation
T. Jackson et al., COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF LASER-ABLATION OF THE PROSTATE - PREMATURE EVALUATION, International journal of technology assessment in health care, 11(3), 1995, pp. 595-610
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath","Medical Laboratory Technology
Journal title
International journal of technology assessment in health care → ACNP
ISSN journal
02664623
Volume
11
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
595 - 610
Database
ISI
SICI code
0266-4623(1995)11:3<595:COLOTP>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
A cost-effectiveness study compared visual laser ablation of the prost ate (VLAP) with transurethral resection (TURP). Achieving equivalent o utcomes, VLAP was more expensive than TURP. The result was sensitive t o various assumptions, suggesting that VLAP might prove to be the pref erred technology. Problems inherent in economic evaluation of emerging technologies are discussed.