OBJECTIVE: To summarizes the results of cost-utility analyses of pediatric cochlear implantation (CI) in the United Kingdom. METHOD: Analysis is based on the direct costs of medical and rehabilitative management and also on emerging evidence that implantation leads to a shift in educational placements in favor of mainstreaming with support. RESULT: The resulting cost-utility ratio falls on the margin of the range considered acceptable within the British health-care system. The analysis also suggests that pediatric CI could be acceptably cost-effective. CONCLUSION: The next step should be to measure the costs of alternative educational settings directly.
OBJECTIVE: To summarizes the results of cost-utility analyses of pediatric cochlear implantation (CI) in the United Kingdom. METHOD: Analysis is based on the direct costs of medical and rehabilitative management and also on emerging evidence that implantation leads to a shift in educational placements in favor of mainstreaming with support. RESULT: The resulting cost-utility ratio falls on the margin of the range considered acceptable within the British health-care system. The analysis also suggests that pediatric CI could be acceptably cost-effective. CONCLUSION: The next step should be to measure the costs of alternative educational settings directly.
Authors: Ethan D Borre; Mohamed M Diab; Austin Ayer; Gloria Zhang; Susan D Emmett; Debara L Tucci; Blake S Wilson; Kamaria Kaalund; Osondu Ogbuoji; Gillian D Sanders Journal: EClinicalMedicine Date: 2021-05-08