Early Assessment of the Likely Cost Effectiveness of Single-Use Flexible Video Bronchoscopes.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Bronchoscopic procedures are common in the clinical setting, with estimates indicating 500,000 are undertaken per year in the USA alone. These procedures are generally regarded as safe. Unfortunately, a risk of cross-contamination between patients, with possible subsequent infection, is associated with the re-usable technology typically used in these procedures. OBJECTIVE:Our objective was to conduct an early cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) of single-use flexible video bronchoscope technology compared with the current reusable technology in a US hospital intensive care setting. METHODS:We conducted a CEA to determine an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER), and constructed a decision analytic model based on the best available evidence from a literature search and a Delp

SUBMITTER: Terjesen CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5691847 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature