Cost-Effectiveness of Pediatric Cochlear Implantation in Rural China.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the cost utility of cochlear implantation (CI) for severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) among children from rural settings in P.R. China (China).

Research design

A cost-utility analysis (CUA) was undertaken using data generated from a single-center substudy of the Cochlear Pediatric Implanted Recipient Observational Study (Cochlear P-IROS). The data were projected over a 20-year time horizon using a decision tree model.

Setting

The Chinese healthcare payer and patient perspectives were adopted.

Intervention

Unilateral CI of children with a severe-to-profound SNHL compared with their preimplantation state of no treatment or amplification with hearing aids ("no CI" status).

Main outcome measure/s

Incremental costs per

SUBMITTER: Qiu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5470857 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature