Cost-effectiveness and quality of life: Benefits of lung transplantation

Respiratory Care Clinics of North America

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 449-457

  Singer, Lianne G ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG VOLUME; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 10644231710     PISSN: 10785337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcc.2004.06.003     Document Type: Review

References (36)

1. J.D. Hosenpud L.E. Bennett B.M. Keck E.B. Edwards R. Novick Effect of diagnosis on survival benefit of lung transplantation for end-stage lung disease Lancet 351 1998 24-27
2. J.R. Maurer A.E. Frost M. Estenne T. Higenbottam A.R. Glanville International guidelines for the selection of lung transplant candidates J Heart Lung Transplant 17 7 1998 703-709
3. World Health Organization. Introducing the WHOQOL instruments. Available at: Http://www.who.int/evidence/assessment-instruments/qol/ql1.htm. Accessed March 15, 2004
4. J.E. Ware Jr. B. Gandek Overview of the SF-36 Health Survey and the International Quality of Life Assessment (IQOLA) project J Clin Epidemiol 51 11 1998 903-912
5. B.J. O'Brien N.R. Banner S. Gibson M.H. Yacoub The Nottingham Health Profile as a measure of quality of life following combined heart and lung transplantation J Epidemiol Community Health 42 3 1988 232-234
6. P.W. Jones F.H. Quirk C.M. Baveystock P. Littlejohns A self-complete measure of health status for chronic airflow limitation. The St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire Am Rev Respir Dis 145 6 1992 1321-1327
7. G.H. Guyatt L.B. Berman M. Townsend S.O. Pugsley L.W. Chambers A measure of quality of life for clinical trials in chronic lung disease Thorax 42 10 1987 773-778
8. J.J. van Busschbach P.E. Horikx J.M.M. van dan Bosch A.B. de la Riviere F.T. de Charro Measuring the quality of life before and after bilateral lung transplantation in patients with cystic fibrosis Chest 105 1994 911-917
9. S.H. Gartner M.A. Sevick R.J. Keenan G.J. Chen Cost-utility of lung transplantation: A pilot study J Heart Lung Transplant 16 1997 1129-1134
10. E.J. Burker R.A. Carels L.F. Thompson L. Rodgers T. Egan Quality of life in patients awaiting lung transplant: Cystic fibrosis versus other end-stage lung diseases Pediatr Pulmonol 30 6 2000 453-460
11. L. Cohen C. Littlefield P. Kelly J. Maurer S. Abbey Predictors of quality of life and adjustment after lung transplantation Chest 113 3 1998 633-644
12. C.R. Gross K. Savik R.M. Bolman III M.I. Hertz Long-term health status and quality of life outcomes of lung transplant recipients Chest 108 1995 1587-1593
13. S.D. Ramsey D.L. Patrick R.K. Albert E.B. Larson D.E. Wood G. Raghu The cost-effectiveness of lung transplantation Chest 108 1995 1594-1601
14. M.M. Limbos D.P. Joyce C.K.N. Chan S. Kesten Psychological functioning and quality of life in lung transplant candidates and recipients Chest 118 2 2000 408-416
15. A.C. Anyanwu A. McGuire C.A. Rogers A.J. Murday Assessment of quality of life in lung transplantation using a simple generic tool Thorax 56 3 2001 218-222
16. E.M. TenVergert M.L. Essink-Bot A. Geertsma P.J. van Enckevort W.J. de Boer W. van der Bij The effect of lung transplantation on health-related quality of life: A longitudinal study Chest 113 2 1998 358-364
17. N. Caine L.D. Sharples C. Dennis T.W. Higenbottam J. Wallwork Measurement of health-related quality of life before and after heart-lung transplantation J Heart Lung Transplant 15 10 1996 1047-1058
18. K.L. MacNaughton J.R. Rodrigue M. Cicale E.M. Staples Health-related quality of life and symptom frequency before and after lung transplantation Clin Transplant 12 4 1998 320-323
19. K. Stavem O. Bjortuft M.B. Lund K. Kongshaug O. Geiran J. Boe Health-related quality of life in lung transplant candidates and recipients Respiration (Herrlisheim) 67 2 2000 159-165
20. D.M. Lanuza C. Lefaiver M. McCabe G.A. Farcas E. Garrity Jr. Prospective study of functional status and quality of life before and after lung transplantation Chest 118 1 2000 115-122
21. J.W. van den Berg A. Geertsma W. van der Bij et al. Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after lung transplantation and health-related quality of life American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 161 6 2000 1937-1941
22. C. Littlefield S. Abbey D. Fiducia et al. Quality of life following transplantation of the heart, liver, and lungs Gen Hosp Psychiatry 18 6 Suppl 1996 36S-47S
23. M.M. Limbos C.K. Chan S. Kesten Quality of life in female lung transplant candidates and recipients Chest 112 5 1997 1165-1174
24. M.A. Napolitano M.A. Babyak S. Palmer V. Tapson R.D. Davis J.A. Blumenthal Effects of a telephone-based psychosocial intervention for patients awaiting lung transplantation Chest 122 4 2002 1176-1184
25. L.G. Singer J. Theodore M.K. Gould Validity of standard gamble utilities as measured by transplant readiness in lung transplant candidates Med Decis Making 23 5 2003 435-440
26. S.D. Ramsey D.L. Patrick S. Lewis R.K. Albert G. Raghu Improvement in quality of life after lung transplantation: A preliminary study J Heart Lung Transplant 14 5 1995 870-877
27. M.J. Al M.A. Koopmanschap P.J. van Enckevort et al. Cost-effectiveness of lung transplantation in The Netherlands: A scenario analysis Chest 113 1 1998 124-130
28. A.J. Moskowitz A.D. Weinberg M.C. Oz D.L. Williams Quality of life with an implanted left ventricular assist device Ann Thorac Surg 64 6 1997 1764-1769
29. H.C. Squier A.L. Ries R.M. Kaplan et al. Quality of well-being predicts survival in lung transplantation candidates Am J Respir Crit Care Med 152 6 Pt 1 1995 2032-2036
30. W. Paris M. Diercks J. Bright et al. Return to work after lung transplantation J Heart Lung Transplant 17 4 1998 430-436
31. A.C. Anyanwu A. McGuire C.A. Rogers A.J. Murday An economic evaluation of lung transplantation J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 123 3 2002 411-420
32. L.D. Sharples G.J. Taylor J. Karnon et al. A model for analyzing the cost of the main clinical events after lung transplantation J Heart Lung Transplant 20 4 2001 474-482
33. National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group Cost effectiveness of lung-volume-reduction surgery for patients with severe emphysema N Engl J Med 348 21 2003 2092-2102
34. J.W.K. van den Berg P.J. van Enckevort E.M. TenVergert D.S. Postma W. van der Bij G.H. Koeter Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome and additional costs of lung transplantation Chest 118 6 2000 1648-1652
35. P.A. Corris Lung transplantation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: An exercise in quality rather than quantity? Lancet 351 1998 24-27
36. J. De Meester J.M. Smits G.G. Persijn A. Haverich Listing for lung transplantation: Life expectancy and transplant effect, stratified by type of end-stage lung disease, the Eurotransplant experience J Heart Lung Transplant 20 5 2001 518-524