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The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio measures the economic value of a health intervention.
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Is it true that the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio measures the economic value of a health intervention?
Yes. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) is a standard statistic used in health economics to measure the economic value and cost-effectiveness of medical interventions by comparing relative costs and health outcomes.
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Wikipedia: Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incremental_cost-effectiveness_ratio
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Wikipedia: Cost-effectiveness analysis. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost-effectiveness_analysis
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Wikipedia: Comparative effectiveness research. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparative_effectiveness_research
Discusses incremental cost and incremental effect as ratio measures in economic analysis.
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John Wiley & Sons: Economic analysis in health care. (2012). John Wiley & Sons. https://archive.org/details/economicanalysis0000unse_v4k9
Refers to the determination of cost-effectiveness ratios and marginal cost-effectiveness for medical endeavors.
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Aspen Publishers: Issues in cost accounting for health care organizations. (1999). Aspen Publishers. https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780834210103_2
Refers to assessing costs and cost-effectiveness of antiretroviral therapy interventions.
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Horne, R., Sabin, C., Chalder, T., Cooper, V., Campbell, L., & Glendinning, E. (2025). Programme Grants for Applied Research: Supporting antiretroviral therapy uptake and adherence: the SUPA research programme and RCT. Programme Grants for Applied Research. https://doi.org/10.3310/KPPW8401
Mentions parallel economic analysis investigating clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness.
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Bruce, J., Mazuquin, B., Mistry, P., Rees, S., Canaway, A., & Hossain, A. (2022). Health Technology Assessment: Exercise to prevent shoulder problems after breast cancer surgery: the PROSPER RCT. Health Technology Assessment. https://doi.org/10.3310/JKNZ2003
Evaluates cost-effectiveness and efficient techniques of colorectal cancer screening.
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F, K., B, N., F, M., M, Y., H, A., & A, M. (2020). Risk Management and Healthcare Policy: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Colorectal Cancer Screening: A Systematic Review. Risk Management and Healthcare Policy. https://www.dovepress.com/cost-effectiveness-analysis-of-colorectal-cancer-screening-a-systemati-peer-reviewed-article-RMHP
States the ICER is calculated to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of vaccination strategies.
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Zhou, H., Zhou, H., Ding, N., Han, X., Zhang, H., & Liu, Z. (2023). Frontiers in Public Health: Cost-effectiveness analysis of vaccination against COVID-19 in China. Frontiers in Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1037556
Discusses comparative clinical benefit and cost-effectiveness of surgical procedures.
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Ramsay, C., Pickard, R., Robertson, C., Close, A., Vale, L., & Armstrong, N. (2012). Health Technology Assessment: Systematic review and economic modelling of the relative clinical benefit and cost-effectiveness of laparoscopic surgery and robotic surgery for removal of the prostate in men with localised prostate cancer. Health Technology Assessment. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta16410
Describes health economic evaluations to determine if interventions are cost-effective.
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Francis, N. A., Gillespie, D., White, P., Bates, J., Lowe, R., & Sewell, B. (2020). Health Technology Assessment: C-reactive protein point-of-care testing for safely reducing antibiotics for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the PACE RCT. Health Technology Assessment. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta24150
Notes that ICER represents the additional cost per unit of outcome gained, serving as a popular methodology in health economics.
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OpenAIRE: Median-Based Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratio (ICER). (2012). OpenAIRE. https://doi.org/10.1080/15598608.2012.695571
Exemplifies how incremental cost-effectiveness ratios estimate the economic value and trade-offs of health interventions.
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OpenAIRE: Economic evaluation using mathematical models: the case of misoprostol prophylaxis.. (1995). OpenAIRE. https://explore.openaire.eu/
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Explains that the ICER gives an estimate of the cost and effect tradeoff of implementing a health program.
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OpenAIRE: BLOOD CONSERVATION IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING ELECTIVE PRIMARY TOTAL HIP JOINT ARTHROPLASTY: AN ECONOMIC EVALUATION. (2006). OpenAIRE. https://explore.openaire.eu/
Confirms ICER is routinely used by health technology assessment agencies to summarize economic evaluations of health interventions.
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OpenAIRE: Calculating and Interpreting ICERs and Net Benefit. (2020). OpenAIRE. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40273-020-00914-6
Examines whether preventive health interventions are cost-effective using incremental cost ratios.
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OpenAIRE: Public health and prevention in Europe: is it cost-effective?. (2011). OpenAIRE. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1759-8893.2011.00052.x
Introduces the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio as a tool for economic evaluation and decision making in health.
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OpenAIRE: UNA REVISIÓN DE MÉTODOS DE EVALUACIÓN ECONÓMICA EN SALUD. (2024). OpenAIRE. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13762818
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