A simulation study to compare methods for constructing confidence intervals for the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio

Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 57-77

  Fan, Ming Yu ^a   Zhou, Xiao Hua ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidence interval; Cost effectiveness analysis; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCREMENTAL COST EFFECTIVENESS RATIO; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT CARE; PANIC; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SIMULATION; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 34147122019     PISSN: 13873741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10742-006-0017-9     Document Type: Article

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