Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of alternative strategies for the initial medical management of presumed unstable angina: a decision model and systematic literature review
Robinson M, Palmer S, Sculpher M, Philips Z, Ginnelly L, Bowens A, Golder S, Alfakih K, Bakhai A, Packham C, Cooper N, Abrams K, Eastwood A, Pearman A, Flather M, Gray D, Hall A
Record ID 32001000814
English
Authors' objectives:
To identify and prioritise key areas of clinical uncertainty regarding the medical management of non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in current UK practice.
Authors' recommendations:
This study suggests the use of GPAs in all non-ST elevation ACS patients as part of their initial medical management. Sensitivity analysis showed that virtually all of the benefit could be realised by treating only high-risk patients. Further clarification of the optimum role of GPAs in the UK NHS depends on the availability of further high-quality observational and trial data. Value of information analysis derived from the model suggests that a relatively large investment in such research may be worthwhile. Further research should focus on the identification of the characteristics of patients who benefit most from GPAs as part of medical management, the comparison of GPAs with clopidogrel as an adjunct to standard care, follow-up cohort studies of the costs and outcomes of high-risk non-ST elevation ACS over several years, and exploring how clinicians’ decisions combine a normative evidence-based decision model with their own personal behavioural perspective.
Details
Project Status:
Completed
URL for project:
http://www.hta.ac.uk/1153
Year Published:
2005
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
England, United Kingdom
MeSH Terms
- Angina, Unstable
Contact
Organisation Name:
NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme
Contact Address:
NIHR Journals Library, National Institute for Health and Care Research, Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre, Alpha House, University of Southampton Science Park, Southampton SO16 7NS, UK
Contact Name:
journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
Contact Email:
journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
Copyright:
2009 Queen's Printer and Controller of HMSO
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