Cost-effectiveness of deep brain stimulation versus treatment as usual for obsessive-compulsive disorder

Cost-effectiveness of deep brain stimulation versus treatment as usual for obsessive-compulsive disorder

Background: Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is effective for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), but requires expensive medical procedures. To date, no study has examined the cost-effectiveness of DBS for OCD. Objective: To perform the first economic evaluation of DBS for therapy refractory OCD. Metho...

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Main Authors: Pieter Ooms, Matthijs Blankers, Martijn Figee, Isidoor O. Bergfeld, Pepijn van den Munckhof, P. Richard Schuurman, Damiaan Denys
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-07-01
Series:Brain Stimulation
Subjects:
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Deep brain stimulation
Economic evaluation
Psychiatry
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1935861X17307787

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