Cost-Effectiveness of Laser Ablation of the Prostate:Premature Evaluation
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care
- Vol. 11 (3) , 595-610
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266462300008758
Abstract
A cost-effectiveness study compared visual laser ablation of the prostate (VLAP) with transurethral resection (TURP). Achieving equivalent outcomes, VLAP was more expensive than TURP. The result was sensitive to various assumptions, suggesting that VLAP might prove to be the preferred technology. Problems inherent in economic evaluation of emerging technologies are discussed.Keywords
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