Healthcare cost-effectiveness analysis for older patients

Description:

The two sections of this dissertation discuss cataract surgery and breast cancer treatment in older patients. A randomized clinical trial of older patients with cataracts forms the basis of a cost-effectiveness analysis of several approaches to cataract surgery. An evidence-based decision analysis is used to map the uncertainty associated with treatment decision for older patients with newly diagnosed early-stage breast cancer.

subjects: Aged,  Breast,  Breast Neoplasms,  Cancer,  Cataract,  Cataract Extraction,  Cost effectiveness,  Cost-Benefit Analysis,  Economics,  Health Services for the Aged,  Medical care,  Older people,  Older persons,  Surgery,  Therapy,  Treatment