Health State Utilities of Patients with Heart Failure: A Systematic Literature Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

New treatments and interventions are in development to address clinical needs in heart failure. To support decision making on reimbursement, cost-effectiveness analyses are frequently required. A systematic literature review was conducted to identify and summarize heart failure utility values for use in economic evaluations.

Methods

Databases were searched for articles published until June 2019 that reported health utility values for patients with heart failure. Publications were reviewed with specific attention to study design; reported values were categorized according to the health states, 'chronic heart failure', 'hospitalized', and 'other acute heart failure'. Interquartile limits (25th percentile 'Q1', 75th percentile 'Q3') were calculated for

SUBMITTER: Di Tanna GL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7867520 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature