Cost-effectiveness of dabigatran for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation in Switzerland

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 143, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Pletscher, Mark ^a   Plessow, Rafael ^a   Eichler, Klaus ^a   Wieser, Simon ^a  

^a ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cost; Cost effectiveness; Dabigatran; ICER; Marcoumar; Oral anticoagulation; QALY; Stroke prevention; Switzerland; Vitamin K antagonist; VKA; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

ANTIVITAMIN K; DABIGATRAN; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBIN; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; BETA ALANINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; SWITZERLAND; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; ANTITHROMBINS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BENZIMIDAZOLES; BETA-ALANINE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; STROKE; SWITZERLAND; VITAMIN K;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874588589     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: 14243997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2013.13732     Document Type: Article

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