The cost-utility of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and critical appraisal of economic evaluations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A health technology assessment (HTA) of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (CA-AF) was commissioned by the Belgian government and performed by the Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (KCE). In this context, a systematic review of the economic literature was performed to assess the procedure's value for money.

Methods

A systematic search for economic literature about the cost-effectiveness of CA-AF was performed by consulting various databases: CRD (Centre for Reviews and Dissemination) HTA and CDSR (Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews) Technology Assessment, websites of HTA institutes, NHS EED (NHS Economic Evaluation Database), Medline (OVID), EMBASE and EconLit. No time or language restrictions were imposed and pre-defined selection criteria were use

SUBMITTER: Neyt M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3849361 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature