Economic evaluation of stent retrievers in basilar artery occlusion: An analysis from Chinese healthcare system perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study aimed to investigate the cost-effectiveness of stent retriever (SR) versus best medical management (BMM) in patients with basilar artery occlusion (BAO) in China.

Methods

We used a two-step approach to compare the cost-effectiveness of SR plus BMM with that of BMM alone over 20 years. A decision tree was initially constructed for the first 3 months, followed by a Markov model for the subsequent period. Collected data on clinical aspects were extracted from the BAOCHE investigation, while costs-related information was sourced from previously published research. The key metric for evaluating the primary outcome was the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER), achieved $/QALY. The threshold for identifying SR as highly cost-effective was set at an ICER be

SUBMITTER: Xia H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10688905 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature