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- Lars Heslet, Jakob Steen Andersen, and Hans Keiding.
- Rigshospitalet, Intensiv Terapiafdeling ITA 4131, København Ø. heslet@image.dk
- Ugeskr. Laeg. 2007 Feb 19;169(8):721-4.
AbstractIntensive care costs are a challenge to the health care system. Because of a political strategy aiming at competition as well as the documentation of treatment quality, cost-effectiveness evaluations are important in order to clarify the association between quality and the costs of treating critically-ill patients. The context of cost-effect analyses is important. Most studies apply the hospital's perspective based on surrogate markers such as organ failure and length of stay as a replacement for health status evaluation in the context of society. The treatment of critically-ill patients aims at improved health. Cost-effectiveness analyses should therefore include quality variables in that the healthcare system is an integral and inseparable part of society.
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