Cost-Utility Analysis of Bariatric Surgery in Italy: Results of Decision-Analytic Modelling

Cost-Utility Analysis of Bariatric Surgery in Italy: Results of Decision-Analytic Modelling

Objective: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of bariatric surgery in Italy from a third-party payer perspective over a medium-term (10 years) and a long-term (lifetime) horizon. Methods: A state-transition Markov model was developed, in which patients may experience surgery, post-surgery complicati...

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Main Authors: Marcello Lucchese, Oleg Borisenko, Lorenzo Giovanni Mantovani, Paolo Angelo Cortesi, Giancarlo Cesana, Daniel Adam, Elisabeth Burdukova, Vasily Lukyanov, Nicola Di Lorenzo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2017-06-01
Series:Obesity Facts
Subjects:
Bariatric surgery
Cost-Benefit analysis
Italy
Online Access:http://prod.karger.com/Article/FullText/475842

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