Diagnostic Workup for Patients with Solid Renal Masses: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

For patients with solid renal masses, a precise differentiation between malignant and benign tumors is crucial for forward treatment management. Even though MRI and CT are often deemed as the gold standard in the diagnosis of solid renal masses, CEUS may also offer very high sensitivity in detection. The aim of this study therefore was to evaluate the effectiveness of CEUS from an economical point of view.

Methods

A decision-making model based on a Markov model assessed expenses and utilities (in QALYs) associated with CEUS, MRI and CT. The utilized parameters were acquired from published research. Further, a Monte Carlo simulation-based deterministic sensitivity analysis of utilized variables with 30,000 repetitions was executed. The willingness-to-pay (WTP) is a

SUBMITTER: Runtemund J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9104211 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature