Variability among methods to assess patients' well-being and consequent effect on a cost-effectiveness analysis.

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Summary

It is found that patient well-being was substantially higher as evaluated by the Sickness Impact Profile compared to the other five methods, and the cost effectiveness of in-center hemodialysis varied from 34,893 to 45,254 per quality-adjusted life-year saved according to the Sicks Impact Profile and standard-gamble technique respectively.

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Published
1992-05-01
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Medicine, Quality of life (healthcare), Index (typography), Statistics, Categorical variable

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