Cost-utility analysis of stenting versus endarterectomy in the International Carotid Stenting Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The International Carotid Stenting Study was a multicenter randomized trial in which patients with symptomatic carotid artery stenosis were randomly allocated to treatment by carotid stenting or endarterectomy. Economic evidence comparing these treatments is limited and inconsistent.

Aims

We compared the cost-effectiveness of stenting versus endarterectomy using International Carotid Stenting Study data.

Methods

We performed a cost-utility analysis estimating mean costs and quality-adjusted life years per patient for both treatments over a five-year time horizon based on resource use data and utility values collected in the trial. Costs of managing stroke events were estimated using individual patient data from a UK population-based study (Oxford Vascular S

SUBMITTER: Morris S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5341766 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature