Systematic review of economic evaluation on the use of PET-CT for cancer staging
Paone S, Ferroni E, Di Tanna GL, Corio M, Chiarolla E, Jefferson T, Cerbo M
Record ID 32013000652
English
Authors' objectives:
To analyse methods for systematic reviews of economic evaluations of health technologies and conduct a systematic review of economic evaluations of the use of PET-CT for cancer staging.
Authors' recommendations:
The absence of clear methodological guidance in manuals is reflected in the reports. These show unclear rationale, methods and use of data from systematic reviews of economic evaluations. Our review of the economics of PET-CT showed similar results with poor methodology used in the primary economic evaluations and incorporation of unclear diagnostic accuracy estimates in the economic evaluations of the interventions.
Details
Project Status:
Completed
Year Published:
2011
URL for published report:
http://www.salute.gov.it/imgs/C_17_pagineAree_1202_listaFile_itemName_15_file.pdf
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
Italy
MeSH Terms
- Humans
- Neoplasm Staging
- Cost-Benefit Analysis
Contact
Organisation Name:
The Italian National Agency for Regional Health Services (Agenas)
Contact Address:
Agenzia nazionale per i servizi sanitari regionali, Via Puglie 23, 00187 Rome, Italy
Contact Name:
hta@agenas.it
Contact Email:
hta@agenas.it
Copyright:
Italian Ministry of Health and Agenas
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