Cost Effectiveness Analysis for Treatment of Graves Disease

Overview

Featured Article

In H, Pearce EN, Wong AK, et al; Treatment Options for Grave’s Disease: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. J Am Coll Surg 2009;209(2):170-79

Expert Reviews

Methodological Reviewer
Prosanto Chaudhury MD, CM, MSc, FRCSC, Department of Surgery, McGill University

Clinical Reviewer
Peter Angelos MD, PhD, FACS, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago

Clinical Reviewer
Janice Pasieka MD, FRCSC, FACS, Department of Surgery, University of Calgary

Supplementary Article

Thoma A, Sprague S, Tandan V; for the Evidence-Based Surgery Working Group. Users’ Guide to the Surgical Literature: How to Use an Article on Economic Analysis. CJS 2001;44(5):347-54

Questions

  1. What is the clinical question being addressed?
  2. Did the analysis provide a full economic comparison of health care strategies?
  3. Was a broad enough viewpoint adopted?
  4. Were all the relevant clinical strategies compared?
  5. Was clinical effectiveness established?
  6. Were costs measured accurately?
  7. Were data on costs and outcomes appropriately integrated?
  8. Was appropriate allowance made for uncertainties in the analysis?
  9. What were the incremental costs and outcomes of each strategy?
  10. Do incremental costs and outcomes differ between subgroups?
  11. State the conclusion. Have the authors addressed the question posed?
  12. Does the evidence support the conclusion?