Utility Valuations for Outcome States of Colorectal Cancer
The American Journal of GastroenterologyPublished 1 June 1999
Reid M. Ness, Ann M. Holmes, Robert J. Klein, Robert S. Dittus
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The results show that stage-dependent morbidity is an important consideration in CRC and should be incorporated into any decision analysis model evaluating the cost-effectiveness of CRC screening or surveillance.
Abstract
We measured utilities for stage-dependent outcome states of CRC in a sample of persons who had previously undergone removal of colorectal adenoma. We found that our participants were able to differentiate between the presented outcome states and assigned lower utility to increasingly morbid states. Our results show that stage-dependent morbidity is an important consideration in CRC and should be incorporated into any decision analysis model evaluating the cost-effectiveness of CRC screening or surveillance.
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