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Cost-effectiveness of drug-eluting coronary artery stenting in a UK setting: cost-utility study.

December 6, 2005   Categories: Blogroll  Posted by admin

Objective: To assess the cost-effectiveness of drug-eluting stents compared to conventional stents for treatment of symptomatic coronary artery disease in UK Design: Cost-utility analysis of audit based patient sub-groups using a simple economic model. Setting: Tertiary care. Participants: Twelve month audit data for 2884 patients receiving percutaneous coronary intervention with stenting at the Cardiothoracic Centre-Liverpool between January 2000 and December 2002.

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