Economic evaluation of duloxetine for the treatment of women with stress urinary incontinence: a markov model comparing pharmacotherapy with pelvic floor muscle training

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 604-618

  Brunenberg, Daniëlle E M ^a   Joore, Manuela A ^a   Veraart, Christiaan P W M ^b   Berghmans, Bary C M ^a   van der Vaart, C Huub ^c,d   Severens, Johan L ^a,e  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d Centre for Pelvic Floor and Menopause   (Netherlands)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cost utility; cost effectiveness; duloxetine; Markov model; stress urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

DULOXETINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS INCONTINENCE;

ADRENERGIC UPTAKE INHIBITORS; AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARKOV CHAINS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PELVIC FLOOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THIOPHENES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 33744501556     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2006.04.009     Document Type: Article

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