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Article types | Original article |
Language | English |
Refereed paper | Refereed |
Title | Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Long-Term Intermittent Self-Catheterization with Hydrophilic-Coated and Uncoated Catheters in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury in Japan. |
Journal | Formal name:Lower urinary tract symptoms Abbreviation:Low Urin Tract Symptoms ISSN code:1757-5672(Electronic)1757-5664(Linking) |
Domestic / Foregin | Foregin |
Volume, Number, Page | 9(3),pp.142-50 |
Papers・Author | Watanabe Toyohiko, Yamamoto Shingo, Gotoh Momokazu, Saitoh Tadanori, Yokoyama Osamu, Murata Tatsunori, Takeda Masayuki |
Publication date | 2017/09 |
Papers・Description | OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the cost effectiveness of disposable, hydrophilic-coated catheters in Japan.METHODS:A Markov decision model previously applied in a European study was used to evaluate the cost effectiveness of intermittent self-catheterization (ISC) with hydrophilic-coated catheters in Japanese spinal cord injury (SCI) patients suffering from chronic urinary retention from a lifetime perspective. To adjust the model to a Japanese setting, relevant Japanese data regarding the baseline risk of urinary tract infection (UTI), the average age at onset of SCI, costs, and general mortality were extracted from published literature, national statistics, or the opinions of Japanese experts. The direct medical costs, quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) and life years gained (LYG) were calculated from the payers' perspective. An annual discount rate of 2% was applied to both the costs and the effects. |
DOI | 10.1111/luts.12122 |
PMID | 28868661 |