The DOI matches its Crossref record; 179 of the 179 references it cites were found in a registry or an index.
Assessing cost-effectiveness in healthcare: history of the $50,000 per QALY threshold
Abstract
Cost-effectiveness analyses, particularly in the USA, commonly use a figure of $50,000 per life-year or quality-adjusted life-year gained as a threshold for assessing the cost-effectiveness of an intervention. The history of this practice is ill defined, although it has been linked to the end-stage renal disease kidney dialysis cost-effectiveness literature from the 1980s. The use of $50,000 as a benchmark for assessing the cost-effectiveness of an intervention first emerged in 1992 and became widely used after 1996. The appeal of the $50,000 figure appears to lie in the convenience of a round number rather than in the value of renal dialysis. Rather than arbitrary thresholds, estimates of willingness to pay and the opportunity cost of healthcare resources are needed.
Overview
Integrity signals
Registry
Cites
Statistics
Verification
Claims the paper makes
Claims other papers make about this one
Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?
In the citing paper
“in the USA US$50,000 per Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALY) gained were used [29].”
From Cost and cost-effectiveness of mHealth interventions for the prevention and control of type 2 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review (2020) · cites this paper as [29]
In the citing paper
“Although there is no hard and fast rule, it is often stated that interventions that cost less than $50,000 per QALY are a good value [6].”
From Cost Effectiveness of Internet Interventions: Review and Recommendations (2009) · cites this paper as [6]
Citations
Cites
Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes
Drummond, M. E., Sculpher, M. J., Torrance, G. W., O’Brien, B. J., & Stoddart, G. L. (2005) · doi:10.1093/oso/9780198529446.001.0001 · Cited by 13,648
Measurement of health state utilities for economic appraisal
Torrance, G. W. (1986) · Journal of Health Economics · doi:10.1016/0167-6296(86)90020-2 · Cited by 2,220
The value of a statistical life: A critical review of market estimates throughout the world
Viscusi, W. K., & Aldy, J. E. (2003) · Journal of Risk and Uncertainty · doi:10.1023/a:1025598106257 · Cited by 2,135
Laupacis, A., Feeny, D. H., Detsky, A. S., & Tugwell, P. (1992) · Europe PMC (PubMed Central) · Cited by 1,581
Making choices in health: who guide to cost-effectiveness analysis
(2004) · Revista Española de Salud Pública · doi:10.1590/s1135-57272004000300012 · Cited by 1,258
Ilić, D., Neuberger, M. M., Djulbegovic, M., & Dahm, P. (2013) · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · doi:10.1002/14651858.cd004720.pub3 · Cited by 1,219
A study of the quality of life and cost-utility of renal transplantation
Laupacis, A., Keown, P. A., Pus, N., Krueger, H., Ferguson, B., Wong, C. J., & Muirhead, N. (1996) · Kidney International · doi:10.1038/ki.1996.307 · Cited by 1,167
The value of risks to life and health
Viscusi, W. K. (1993) · Cited by 1,118
Stinnett, A. A., & Mullahy, J. (1998) · Medical Decision Making · doi:10.1177/0272989x98018002s09 · Cited by 1,103
Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine
Topol, E. J. (1997) · Cited by 961
Willingness to Pay for a Quality-adjusted Life Year: In Search of a Standard
Hirth, R. A., Chernew, M. E., Miller, E., Fendrick, A. M., & Weissert, W. G. (2000) · Medical Decision Making · doi:10.1177/0272989x0002000310 · Cited by 850
Eichler, H., Kong, S. X., Gerth, W. C., Mavros, P., & Jönsson, B. (2004) · Value in Health · doi:10.1111/j.1524-4733.2004.75003.x · Cited by 791
Economic foundations of cost-effectiveness analysis
Garber, A. M., & Phelps, C. E. (1997) · Journal of Health Economics · doi:10.1016/s0167-6296(96)00506-1 · Cited by 768
Health status and health policy: quality of life in health care evaluation and resource allocation
(1993) · Choice Reviews Online · doi:10.5860/choice.31-1551 · Cited by 752
Devlin, N. J., & Parkin, D. W. (2004) · Health Economics · doi:10.1002/hec.864 · Cited by 713
A Clinician's Guide to Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Detsky, A. S., & Naglie, I. G. (1990) · Annals of Internal Medicine · doi:10.7326/0003-4819-113-2-147 · Cited by 707
Health-related quality of life measurement for evaluation research and policy analysis.
Kaplan, R. M., & Bush, J. W. (1982) · Health Psychology · doi:10.1037/0278-6133.1.1.61 · Cited by 675
The utility of different health states as perceived by the general public
Sackett, D. L., & Torrance, G. W. (1978) · Journal of Chronic Diseases · doi:10.1016/0021-9681(78)90072-3 · Cited by 674
Gold, M. R., Stevenson, D., & Fryback, D. G. (2002) · Annual Review of Public Health · doi:10.1146/annurev.publhealth.23.100901.140513 · Cited by 670
Priorities Among Effective Clinical Preventive Services
Maciosek, M. V., Coffield, A. B., Edwards, N. M., Flottemesch, T. J., Goodman, M. J., & Solberg, L. I. (2006) · American Journal of Preventive Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2006.03.012 · Cited by 627
What Is the Price of Life and Why Doesn't It Increase at the Rate of Inflation?
Ubel, P. A., Hirth, R. A., Chernew, M. E., & Fendrick, A. M. (2003) · Archives of Internal Medicine · doi:10.1001/archinte.163.14.1637 · Cited by 588
Braithwaite, R. S., Meltzer, D. O., King, J. T., Leslie, D., & Roberts, M. S. (2008) · Medical Care · doi:10.1097/mlr.0b013e31815c31a7 · Cited by 579
Calculating QALYs, comparing QALY and DALY calculations
Sassi, F. (2006) · Health Policy and Planning · doi:10.1093/heapol/czl018 · Cited by 574
A Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Total Hip Arthroplasty for Osteoarthritis of the Hip
Chang, R. W. (1996) · JAMA · doi:10.1001/jama.1996.03530350040032 · Cited by 539
Generalized cost-effectiveness analysis for national-level priority-setting in the health sector
Hutubessy, R. C. W., Chisholm, D., Edejer, T. T.-T., & WHO-CHOICE (2003) · Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation · doi:10.1186/1478-7547-1-8 · Cited by 535
Mark, D. B., Hlatky, M. A., Califf, R. M., Naylor, C. D., Lee, K. L., Armstrong, P. W., Barbash, G. I., White, H. D., Simoons, M. L., Nelson, C. L., et al. (1995) · New England Journal of Medicine · doi:10.1056/nejm199505253322106 · Cited by 520
QALY maximisation and people's preferences: a methodological review of the literature
Dolan, P., Shaw, R., Tsuchiya, A., & Williams, A. (2004) · Health Economics · doi:10.1002/hec.924 · Cited by 431
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis and the Consistency of Decision Making
George, B., Harris, A., & Mitchell, A. S. (2001) · PharmacoEconomics · doi:10.2165/00019053-200119110-00004 · Cited by 431
Briggs, A. H., OʼBrien, B. J., & Blackhouse, G. (2002) · Annual Review of Public Health · doi:10.1146/annurev.publhealth.23.100901.140534 · Cited by 404
Bias in published cost effectiveness studies: systematic review
Bell, C. M., Urbach, D. R., Ray, J. G., Bayoumi, A. M., Rosen, A. B., Greenberg, D., & Neumann, P. J. (2006) · BMJ · doi:10.1136/bmj.38737.607558.80 · Cited by 383
Is Technological Change In Medicine Worth It?
Cutler, D. M., & McClellan, M. (2001) · Health Affairs · doi:10.1377/hlthaff.20.5.11 · Cited by 377
Carrier Screening for Cystic Fibrosis
Asch, D. A., Hershey, J. C., DeKay, M. L., Pauly, M. V., Patton, J. P., Jedrziewski, M. K., Frei, F. X., Giardine, R., Kant, J. A., & Mennuti, M. T. (1998) · Medical Decision Making · doi:10.1177/0272989x9801800209 · Cited by 375
Screening for prostate cancer. A decision analytic view
Krahn, M. D. (1994) · JAMA · doi:10.1001/jama.272.10.773 · Cited by 373
Goldman, L., Weinstein, M., Goldman, P., & Williams, L. (1991) · Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) · doi:10.1001/jama.1991.03460090093039 · Cited by 358
Health Economic Evaluations: The Special Case of End-Stage Renal Disease Treatment
Winkelmayer, W. C., Weinstein, M. C., Mittleman, M. A., Glynn, R. J., & Pliskin, J. S. (2002) · Medical Decision Making · doi:10.1177/027298902236927 · Cited by 340
Interpretation of cost-effectiveness analyses
Owens, D. K. (1998) · Journal of General Internal Medicine · doi:10.1046/j.1525-1497.1998.00211.x · Cited by 321
Eddy, D. M. (1989) · Annals of Internal Medicine · doi:10.7326/0003-4819-111-5-389 · Cited by 307
Preference-Based Measures in Economic Evaluation in Health Care
Neumann, P. J., Goldie, S. J., & Weinstein, M. C. (2000) · Annual Review of Public Health · doi:10.1146/annurev.publhealth.21.1.587 · Cited by 296
Systematic Overview of Cost-Utility Assessments in Oncology
Earle, C. C., Chapman, R. H., Baker, C., Bell, C. M., Stone, P. W., Sandberg, E. A., & Neumann, P. J. (2000) · Journal of Clinical Oncology · doi:10.1200/jco.2000.18.18.3302 · Cited by 294
Long-term Cost-effectiveness of Various Initial Monotherapies for Mild to Moderate Hypertension
Edelson, J. T. (1990) · JAMA · doi:10.1001/jama.1990.03440030094028 · Cited by 278
Critical ratios and efficient allocation
Weinstein, M. C., & Zeckhauser, R. (1973) · Journal of Public Economics · doi:10.1016/0047-2727(73)90002-9 · Cited by 278
Cost Effectiveness Analysis Applied to the Treatment of Chronic Renal Disease
Klarman, H. E., Francis, J. O. S., & Rosenthal, G. (1968) · Medical Care · doi:10.1097/00005650-196801000-00005 · Cited by 274
Measurement of quality of life in end-stage renal disease: the time trade-off approach.
Churchill, D. N., Gw, T., Taylor, D. W., Barnes, C. C., LUDWIN, D., Shimizu, A., & Smith, E. K. (1987) · PubMed · Cited by 271
The Elgar Companion to Health Economics
(2006) · Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · doi:10.4337/9781845428914 · Cited by 258
Claxton, K., Ginnelly, L., Sculpher, M., Philips, Z., & Palmer, S. (2004) · Health Technology Assessment · doi:10.3310/hta8310 · Cited by 258
Health Economic Evaluations: The Special Case of End-Stage Renal Disease Treatment
Winkelmayer, W. C., Weinstein, M. C., Mittleman, M. A., et al. (2002) · Medical Decision Making · doi:10.1177/027298902320556118 · Cited by 257
Incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs): The silence of the lambda
Gafni, A., & Birch, S. (2005) · Social Science & Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.10.023 · Cited by 251
Cost-effectiveness league tables: More harm than good?
Drummond, M., Torrance, G. W., & Mason, J. M. (1993) · Social Science & Medicine · doi:10.1016/0277-9536(93)90315-u · Cited by 249
Cost-Effectiveness of Cholesterol-Lowering Therapies according to Selected Patient Characteristics
Prosser, L. A., Stinnett, A. A., Goldman, P. A., Williams, L. W., Hunink, M. G. M., Goldman, L., & Weinstein, M. C. (2000) · Annals of Internal Medicine · doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-10-200005160-00002 · Cited by 249
The Cost-effectiveness of Preventing AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
Freedberg, K. A. (1998) · JAMA · doi:10.1001/jama.279.2.130 · Cited by 248
Valuing Health for Policy: An Economic Approach
Chasin, S. H., Tolley, G. S., Kenkel, D., & Fabian, R. G. (1995) · Southern Economic Journal · doi:10.2307/1060704 · Cited by 239
Age Differences in the Value of Statistical Life: Revealed Preference Evidence
Aldy, J. E., & Viscusi, W. K. (2007) · Review of Environmental Economics and Policy · doi:10.1093/reep/rem014 · Cited by 231
Medicare and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Neumann, P. J., Rosen, A. B., & Weinstein, M. C. (2005) · New England Journal of Medicine · doi:10.1056/nejmsb050564 · Cited by 225
King, J. T., Tsevat, J., Lave, J. R., & Roberts, M. S. (2005) · Medical Decision Making · doi:10.1177/0272989x05282640 · Cited by 225
Cost value analysis in health care making sense out of QALYs
Nord, E. (1999) · Cited by 224
Cost and health implications of cholesterol lowering.
Goldman, L., Gordon, D. J., Rifkind, B. M., Hulley, S. B., Detsky, A. S., Goodman, D. W., Kinosian, B. P., & Weinstein, M. C. (1992) · Circulation · doi:10.1161/01.cir.85.5.1960 · Cited by 209
Calculating the global burden of disease: time for a strategic reappraisal?
Williams, A. (1999) · Health Economics · doi:10.1002/(sici)1099-1050(199902)8:1 · Cited by 208
Economic evaluation of end stage renal disease treatment
de Wit, G. A., Ramsteijn, P. G., & de Charro, F. (1998) · Health Policy · doi:10.1016/s0168-8510(98)00017-7 · Cited by 207
Hornberger, J. C., Redelmeier, D. A., & Petersen, J. (1992) · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology · doi:10.1016/0895-4356(92)90099-9 · Cited by 204
Fiscella, K. A. (1996) · JAMA · doi:10.1001/jama.1996.03530400035035 · Cited by 204
Hamel, M. B., Phillips, R. S., Davis, R. B., Desbiens, N., Connors, A. F., Teno, J. M., Wenger, N., Lynn, J., Wu, A. W., Fulkerson, W., et al. (1997) · Annals of Internal Medicine · doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-3-199708010-00003 · Cited by 200
Krahn, M. D. (1994) · JAMA · doi:10.1001/jama.1994.03520100035030 · Cited by 200
Olsen, J. A., & Donaldson, C. (1998) · Social Science & Medicine · doi:10.1016/s0277-9536(97)00129-9 · Cited by 196
Pretreatment Evaluation of Chronic Hepatitis C
Wong, J. B., Bennett, W. G., Koff, R. S., & Pauker, S. G. (1998) · JAMA · doi:10.1001/jama.280.24.2088 · Cited by 188
Are Pharmaceuticals Cost-Effective? A Review Of The Evidence
Neumann, P. J., Sandberg, E. A., Bell, C. M., Stone, P. W., & Chapman, R. H. (2000) · Health Affairs · doi:10.1377/hlthaff.19.2.92 · Cited by 178
Mortality-risk Valuation and Age: Stated Preference Evidence
Krupnick, A. (2007) · Review of Environmental Economics and Policy · doi:10.1093/reep/rem016 · Cited by 174
Culyer, A. J., McCabe, C. J., Briggs, A. H., Claxton, K., Buxton, M. J., Akehurst, R. L., Sculpher, M. J., & Brazier, J. E. (2007) · Journal of Health Services Research & Policy · doi:10.1258/135581907779497567 · Cited by 173
Smith, T. J., Hillner, B. E., & Desch, C. E. (1993) · JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute · doi:10.1093/jnci/85.18.1460 · Cited by 164
Perioperative Imaging Strategies for Carotid Endarterectomy
Kent, K. C. (1995) · JAMA · doi:10.1001/jama.1995.03530110050035 · Cited by 161
Gyrd‐Hansen, D. (2003) · Health Economics · doi:10.1002/hec.799 · Cited by 160
Hammitt, J. K. (2002) · Risk Analysis · doi:10.1111/1539-6924.00265 · Cited by 160
Kochi, I., Hubbell, B., & Kramer, R. A. (2006) · Environmental and Resource Economics · doi:10.1007/s10640-006-9000-8 · Cited by 160
Cutting into cholesterol. Cost-effective alternatives for treating hypercholesterolemia
Kinosian, B. P. (1988) · JAMA · doi:10.1001/jama.259.15.2249 · Cited by 157
Measuring the Value of a Statistical Life: Problems and Prospects
Ashenfelter, O. (2006) · The Economic Journal · doi:10.1111/j.1468-0297.2006.01072.x · Cited by 157
Is there a kink in consumers' threshold value for cost‐effectiveness in health care?
OʼBrien, B. J., Герцен, К. А., Willan, A. R., & Faulkner, A. (2002) · Health Economics · doi:10.1002/hec.655 · Cited by 155
Cost-Effectiveness of Screening for Carotid Stenosis in Asymptomatic Persons
Lee, T. T., Solomon, N. A., Heidenreich, P. A., Oehlert, J. W., & Garber, A. M. (1997) · Annals of Internal Medicine · doi:10.7326/0003-4819-126-5-199703010-00001 · Cited by 147
EVALUATING THE COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF CLINICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES
Graham, J. D., Corso, P. S., Morris, J. M., Seguí‐Gómez, M., & Weinstein, M. C. (1998) · Annual Review of Public Health · doi:10.1146/annurev.publhealth.19.1.125 · Cited by 147
Marshall, D. A., Kleinman, S. H., Wong, J. B., AuBuchon, J. P., Grima, D. T., Kulin, N. A., & Weinstein, M. C. (2004) · Vox Sanguinis · doi:10.1111/j.0042-9007.2004.00379.x · Cited by 136
From cost–effectiveness ratios to resource allocation: where to draw the line?
Weinstein, M. C. (1995) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/cbo9780511625817.005 · Cited by 135
Schulman, K. A., Lynn, L. A., Glick, H. A., & Eisenberg, J. M. (1991) · Annals of Internal Medicine · doi:10.7326/0003-4819-114-9-798 · Cited by 134
Cost-Effective Care of End-Stage Renal Disease: A Billion Dollar Question
Roberts, S. D., MAXWELL, D. R., & GROSS, T. L. (1980) · Annals of Internal Medicine · doi:10.7326/0003-4819-92-2-243 · Cited by 133
Predicting Treatment Costs and Life Expectancy for End-Stage Renal Disease
Stange, P. V., & Sumner, A. T. (1978) · New England Journal of Medicine · doi:10.1056/nejm197802162980705 · Cited by 132
Cost-effectiveness of captopril therapy after myocardial infarction
Tsevat, J., Duke, D., Goldman, L., Pfeffer, M. A., Lamas, G. A., Soukup, J. R., Kuntz, K. M., & Lee, T. H.-Y. (1995) · Journal of the American College of Cardiology · doi:10.1016/0735-1097(95)00284-1 · Cited by 128
Cost-effectiveness of Routine Coronary Angiography After Acute Myocardial Infarction
Kuntz, K. M., Tsevat, J., Goldman, L., & Weinstein, M. C. (1996) · Circulation · doi:10.1161/01.cir.94.5.957 · Cited by 125
Lessons from Cost-Effectiveness Research for United States Public Health Policy
Grosse, S. D., Teutsch, S. M., & Haddix, A. C. (2007) · Annual Review of Public Health · doi:10.1146/annurev.publhealth.28.021406.144046 · Cited by 124
“Yes”, “No” or “Yes, but”? Multinomial modelling of NICE decision-making
Dakin, H., Devlin, N. J., & Odeyemi, I. A. O. (2005) · Health Policy · doi:10.1016/j.healthpol.2005.08.008 · Cited by 122
The effectiveness of cost-effectiveness analysis in containing costs
Azimi, N. A., & Welch, H. G. (1998) · Journal of General Internal Medicine · doi:10.1046/j.1525-1497.1998.00201.x · Cited by 120
Grosse, S. D., Waitzman, N. J., Romano, P. S., & Mulinare, J. (2005) · American Journal of Public Health · doi:10.2105/ajph.2004.058859 · Cited by 120
Kinosian, B. P. (1988) · JAMA · doi:10.1001/jama.1988.03720150025030 · Cited by 117
When does quality‐adjusting life‐years matter in cost‐effectiveness analysis?
Chapman, R. H., Berger, M. L., Weinstein, M. C., Weeks, J. C., Goldie, S. J., & Neumann, P. J. (2004) · Health Economics · doi:10.1002/hec.853 · Cited by 114
Gyrd‐Hansen, D. (2005) · PharmacoEconomics · doi:10.2165/00019053-200523050-00002 · Cited by 113
Cost-utility analyses of clinical preventive services
Stone, P. W., Teutsch, S. M., Chapman, R. H., Bell, C. M., Goldie, S. J., & Neumann, P. J. (2000) · American Journal of Preventive Medicine · doi:10.1016/s0749-3797(00)00151-3 · Cited by 111
Tosteson, A. N. A., Goldman, L., Udvarhelyi, I. S., & Lee, T. H.-Y. (1996) · Circulation · doi:10.1161/01.cir.94.2.143 · Cited by 111
Task force 6. Cost effectiveness of assessment and management of risk factors
Goldman, L., Garber, A. M., Grover, S. A., & Hlatky, M. A. (1996) · Journal of the American College of Cardiology · doi:10.1016/0735-1097(96)87734-5 · Cited by 110
Blumenschein, K., & Johannesson, M. (1998) · Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology · doi:10.1016/s1081-1206(10)62954-7 · Cited by 110
Mark, D. B., Harrington, R. A., Lincoff, A. M., Califf, R. M., Nelson, C. L., Tsiatis, A. A., Buell, H., Mahaffey, K. W., Davidson-Ray, L. D., & Topol, E. J. (2000) · Circulation · doi:10.1161/01.cir.101.4.366 · Cited by 110
Economic Evaluation and Decision Making in the UK
Buxton, M. J. (2006) · PharmacoEconomics · doi:10.2165/00019053-200624110-00009 · Cited by 109
Bryan, S., Williams, I., & McIver, S. (2006) · Health Economics · doi:10.1002/hec.1133 · Cited by 108
Priorities Among Effective Clinical Preventive Services
Maciosek, M. V., Edwards, N. M., Coffield, A. B., Flottemesch, T. J., Nelson, W. W., Goodman, M. J., & Solberg, L. I. (2006) · American Journal of Preventive Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2006.03.011 · Cited by 105
Goldie, S. J., Weinstein, M. C., Kuntz, K. M., & Freedberg, K. A. (1999) · Annals of Internal Medicine · doi:10.7326/0003-4819-130-2-199901190-00003 · Cited by 105
Valuing health for regulatory cost‐effectiveness analysis
Salkeld, G. P. (2007) · Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health · doi:10.1111/j.1753-6405.2007.00021.x · Cited by 104
Policy MonitorHow US Government Agencies Value Mortality Risk Reductions
Robinson, L. A. (2007) · Review of Environmental Economics and Policy · doi:10.1093/reep/rem018 · Cited by 103
The Cost-effectiveness of Air Bags by Seating Position
Graham, J. D., Thompson, K. M., Goldie, S. J., Seguí‐Gómez, M., & Weinstein, M. C. (1997) · JAMA · doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550170048031 · Cited by 100
Smith, T. J., & Hillner, B. E. (1993) · Journal of Clinical Oncology · doi:10.1200/jco.1993.11.4.771 · Cited by 99
Hayman, J. A., Hillner, B. E., Harris, J. R., & Weeks, J. C. (1998) · Journal of Clinical Oncology · doi:10.1200/jco.1998.16.3.1022 · Cited by 97
Valuing Outcomes in Health Care
BALA, M. M., Wood, L. L., Zarkin, G. A., Norton, E. C., Gafni, A., & OʼBrien, B. J. (1998) · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology · doi:10.1016/s0895-4356(98)00036-5 · Cited by 95
Costt-Effectiveness of Antepartum Prevention of Rh Immunization
Torrance, G. W., & Zipursky, A. (1984) · Clinics in Perinatology · doi:10.1016/s0095-5108(18)30920-5 · Cited by 95
Nichol, G., Laupacis, A., Stiell, I. G., O’Rourke, K., Anis, A. H., Bolley, H. B., & Detsky, A. S. (1996) · Annals of Emergency Medicine · doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(96)70188-9 · Cited by 94
Economic Evaluation of HIV Prevention Programs
Holtgräve, D. R., Qualls, N., & Graham, J. D. (1996) · Annual Review of Public Health · doi:10.1146/annurev.pu.17.050196.002343 · Cited by 92
Cost-effectiveness Analysis of End-stage Renal Disease Treatments
Garner, T. I., & Dardis, R. (1987) · Medical Care · doi:10.1097/00005650-198701000-00004 · Cited by 90
Limitations of Acceptability Curves for Presenting Uncertainty in Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Koerkamp, B. G., Hunink, M. G. M., Stijnen, T., Hammitt, J. K., Kuntz, K. M., & Weinstein, M. C. (2007) · Medical Decision Making · doi:10.1177/0272989x06297394 · Cited by 90
Dolan, P., & Edlin, R. P. (2002) · Journal of Health Economics · doi:10.1016/s0167-6296(02)00011-5 · Cited by 90
Medicare Coverage for Technological Innovations — Time for New Criteria?
Gillick, M. R. (2004) · New England Journal of Medicine · doi:10.1056/nejmsb032612 · Cited by 89
Improving Value Measurement in Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Ubel, P. A., Nord, E., Gold, M. R., Menzel, P. T., Prades, J. L. P., & Richardson, J. R. J. (2000) · Medical Care · doi:10.1097/00005650-200009000-00003 · Cited by 88
Cost-Effectiveness Studies of Renal Transplantation
Karlberg, I. H., & Nyberg, G. (1995) · International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care · doi:10.1017/s026646230000876x · Cited by 88
Diagnosis of cancer-associated vascular disorders
Naschitz, J. E., Yeshurun, D., Eldar, S., & Lev, L. M. (1996) · Cancer · doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19960501)77:9 · Cited by 85
Evans, C., Tavakoli, M., & Crawford, B. (2003) · Health Care Management Science · doi:10.1023/b:hcms.0000005397.93173.bb · Cited by 85
Cost-Effectiveness And Evidence Evaluation As Criteria For Coverage Policy
Garber, A. M. (2004) · Health Affairs · doi:10.1377/hlthaff.w4.284 · Cited by 85
Birch, S., & Gafni, A. (2005) · Journal of Health Services Research & Policy · doi:10.1258/135581906775094235 · Cited by 79
Potential health benefits of nutrition label changes.
Zarkin, G. A., Dean, N., Mauskopf, J., & Williams, R. (1993) · American Journal of Public Health · doi:10.2105/ajph.83.5.717 · Cited by 78
Tengs, T. O. (2004) · Value in Health · doi:10.1111/j.1524-4733.2004.71246.x · Cited by 77
Using Cost-Effectiveness Analysis to Improve Health Care
Neumann, P. J. (2004) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195171860.001.0001 · Cited by 74
Kupersmith, J., Holmes-Rovner, M. M., Hogan, A. J., Rovner, D. R., & Gardiner, J. C. (1995) · Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases · doi:10.1016/s0033-0620(05)80017-9 · Cited by 73
Reddy, M., & Given-Wilson, R. (2006) · Women s Health Medicine · doi:10.1383/wohm.2006.3.1.22 · Cited by 71
Cost-effectiveness ratios: in a league of their own
Birch, S., & Gafni, A. (1994) · Health Policy · doi:10.1016/0168-8510(94)90031-0 · Cited by 70
Willingness to Pay per Quality-Adjusted Life Year in a Study of Knee Osteoarthritis
Byrne, M. M., O’Malley, K. J., & Suarez-Almazor, M. E. (2005) · Medical Decision Making · doi:10.1177/0272989x05282638 · Cited by 70
Nichol, G., Laupacis, A., Stiell, I. G., OʼRourke, K., Anis, A., Bolley, H. B., & Detsky, A. (1996) · Resuscitation · doi:10.1016/0300-9572(96)89067-8 · Cited by 70
Should Canada and the United States Universally Vaccinate Infants against Hepatitis B?
Krahn, M. D., & Detsky, A. S. (1993) · Medical Decision Making · doi:10.1177/0272989x9301300103 · Cited by 68
Impact and cost-effectiveness of smoking interventions
Tsevat, J. (1992) · The American Journal of Medicine · doi:10.1016/0002-9343(92)90627-n · Cited by 68
Pharmaco‐economics of blood transfusion safety: review of the available evidence
van Hulst, M., de Wolf, J. T. M., Staginnus, U., Ruitenberg, E. J., & Postma, M. J. (2002) · Vox Sanguinis · doi:10.1046/j.1423-0410.2002.00198.x · Cited by 66
Costs and cost-effectiveness of a universal, school-based hepatitis B vaccination program.
Krahn, M. D., Guasparini, R., Sherman, M., & Detsky, A. S. (1998) · American Journal of Public Health · doi:10.2105/ajph.88.11.1638 · Cited by 65
Panepinto, J. A., Magid, D. J., Rewers, M., & Lane, P. A. (2000) · The Journal of Pediatrics · doi:10.1016/s0022-3476(00)70102-8 · Cited by 65
A cost-effectiveness analysis of the treatment of chronic renal failure
Ludbrook, A. (1981) · Applied Economics · doi:10.1080/00036848100000004 · Cited by 65
Cost-Effectiveness League Tables
Mauskopf, J., Rutten, F., & Schonfeld, W. H. (2003) · PharmacoEconomics · doi:10.2165/00019053-200321140-00001 · Cited by 62
Task Force 6: Coronary artery disease
Thompson, P. D., Balady, G. J., CHAITMAN, B. R., Clark, L. T., Levine, B. D., & Myerburg, R. J. (2005) · Journal of the American College of Cardiology · doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2005.02.013 · Cited by 61
Can we estimate the ‘social’ value of a QALY?
Smith, R. D., & Richardson, J. R. J. (2005) · Health Policy · doi:10.1016/j.healthpol.2004.12.009 · Cited by 59
A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis and Hospital Hemodialysis
Churchill, D. N., Lemon, B. C., & Torrance, G. W. (1984) · Medical Decision Making · doi:10.1177/0272989x8400400411 · Cited by 58
Cost-effectiveness of angiography performed during surgery for ruptured intracranial aneurysms.
Kallmes, D. F., & Kallmes, M. H. (1997) · PubMed · Cited by 58
Protière, C., Donaldson, C., Luchini, S., Moatti, J. P., & Shackley, P. (2003) · Social Science & Medicine · doi:10.1016/s0277-9536(03)00321-6 · Cited by 57
Cost-benefit analysis of long-term haemodialysis for chronic renal failure.
Buxton, M. J., & West, R. R. (1975) · BMJ · doi:10.1136/bmj.2.5967.376 · Cited by 55
Quinn, R. R., Naimark, D. M. J., Oliver, M. J., & Bayoumi, A. M. (2007) · American Journal of Kidney Diseases · doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.05.019 · Cited by 55
Threshold Analysis and Programs for Prevention of HIV Infection
Holtgräve, D. R., & Qualls, N. (1995) · Medical Decision Making · doi:10.1177/0272989x9501500402 · Cited by 54
Assessing Preferences for Prevention versus Treatment Using Willingness to Pay
Corso, P. S., Hammitt, J. K., Graham, J. D., Dicker, R. C., & Goldie, S. J. (2002) · Medical Decision Making · doi:10.1177/027298902237713 · Cited by 50
Who should be screened for HIV infection? A cost-effectiveness analysis
McCarthy, B. D. (1993) · Archives of Internal Medicine · doi:10.1001/archinte.153.9.1107 · Cited by 50
Overcorrection of hyponatremia: Where do we go wrong?
Pham, P. T., Chen, P. V., & Pham, P. T. (2000) · American Journal of Kidney Diseases · doi:10.1053/ajkd.2000.9013 · Cited by 46
Mushlin, A. I., Mooney, C., Holloway, R. G., Detsky, A. S., Mattson, D. H., & Phelps, C. E. (1997) · International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care · doi:10.1017/s0266462300010205 · Cited by 46
Hayman, J. A., Weeks, J. C., & Mauch, P. (1996) · International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · doi:10.1016/0360-3016(96)00172-1 · Cited by 45
Screening Surgeons for HIV Infection: A Cost-effectiveness Analysis
Owens, D. K., Harris, R. A., Scott, P. M., & Nease, R. F. (1995) · Annals of Internal Medicine · doi:10.7326/0003-4819-122-9-199505010-00001 · Cited by 44
Estimating the cost effectiveness of total androgen blockade with flutamide in M1 prostate cancer
Hillner, B. E., McLeod, D. G., Crawford, E. D., & Bennett, C. L. (1995) · Urology · doi:10.1016/s0090-4295(99)80055-7 · Cited by 43
National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE): Is Economic Appraisal Working?
Towse, A., & Pritchard, C. (2002) · PharmacoEconomics · doi:10.2165/00019053-200220003-00010 · Cited by 41
Economic evaluation and end-stage renal disease: From basics to bedside
Manns, B., Taub, K. J., & Donaldson, C. (2000) · American Journal of Kidney Diseases · doi:10.1053/ajkd.2000.8235 · Cited by 41
Incorporating Recipient Choice in Kidney Transplantation
Su, X., Zenios, S. A., & Chertow, G. M. (2004) · Journal of the American Society of Nephrology · doi:10.1097/01.asn.0000127866.34592.60 · Cited by 41
Cost-Effectiveness of Assessment and Management of Risk Factors
Goldman, L. R., Garber, A. M., Grover, S. A., & Hlatky, M. A. (1996) · Journal of the American College of Cardiology · Cited by 39
Houtven, G. V., Powers, J., Jessup, A., & Yang, J. (2006) · Health Economics · doi:10.1002/hec.1105 · Cited by 38
Cost-Effectiveness in a Flat World — Can ICDs Help the United States Get Rhythm?
Goldman, L. (2005) · New England Journal of Medicine · doi:10.1056/nejm2e058214 · Cited by 38
High-Priced Technology Can Be Good Value for Money
Weinstein, M. C. (1999) · Annals of Internal Medicine · doi:10.7326/0003-4819-130-10-199905180-00021 · Cited by 36
Reporting Cost-Effectiveness Studies and Results
Siegel, J. E., Weinstein, M. C., & Torrance, G. W. (1996) · doi:10.1093/oso/9780195108248.003.0009 · Cited by 36
Determinants of the Cost-Effectiveness of Statins
Morrison, A., & GLASSBERG, H. L. (2003) · Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy · doi:10.18553/jmcp.2003.9.6.544 · Cited by 33
A utility‐theoretic model for QALYs and willingness to pay
Klose, T. (2002) · Health Economics · doi:10.1002/hec.697 · Cited by 32
Cost Effectiveness of Newer Antiviral Agents for Herpes Zoster: Is the Evidence Spotty?
Smith, K. J., & Roberts, M. S. (1998) · The Journal of Infectious Diseases · doi:10.1086/514270 · Cited by 30
Franic, D. M., Pathak, D. S., & Gafni, A. (2005) · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology · doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2004.10.005 · Cited by 30
The Value Of Coronary Heart Disease Care For The Elderly: 1987–2002
Rosen, A. B., Cutler, D., Norton, D. M., Hu, H. M., & Vijan, S. S. (2007) · Health Affairs · doi:10.1377/hlthaff.26.1.111 · Cited by 30
Olsen, J. A., Donaldson, C., & Shackley, P. (2005) · Journal of Health Economics · doi:10.1016/j.jhealeco.2005.04.001 · Cited by 28
Clinical effectiveness and cost effectiveness of influenza vaccination among healthy working adults
Nichol, K. L. (1999) · Vaccine · doi:10.1016/s0264-410x(99)00110-3 · Cited by 24
Analytic Tools for Public Health Decision Making
Owens, D. K. (2002) · Medical Decision Making · doi:10.1177/027298902237969 · Cited by 23
Optimal management strategies for HIV-infected patients who present with cough or dyspnea
Freedberg, K. A., Tosteson, A. N. A., Cotton, D. J., & Goldman, L. (1992) · Journal of General Internal Medicine · doi:10.1007/bf02598081 · Cited by 23
Health state values from multiattribute utility instruments need correction
Nord, E. (2001) · Annals of Medicine · doi:10.3109/07853890109002091 · Cited by 22
Publishing web‐based guidelines using interactive decision models
Sanders, G. D., Nease, R. F., & Owens, D. K. (2001) · Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice · doi:10.1046/j.1365-2753.2001.00271.x · Cited by 21
McBride, P. E. (1988) · JAMA · doi:10.1001/jama.1988.03410120063027 · Cited by 20
Thresholds in Cost-Effectiveness Analysis—More of the Story
Laufer, F. N. (2005) · Value in Health · doi:10.1111/j.1524-4733.2005.08103.x · Cited by 18
Decision Rules for Incremental Cost-effectiveness Analysis
Weinstein, M. C. (2006) · Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · doi:10.4337/9781845428914.00060 · Cited by 17
Economic analyses and clinical practice guidelines why not a match made in heaven?
Ramsey, S. D. (2002) · Journal of General Internal Medicine · doi:10.1046/j.1525-1497.2002.20110.x · Cited by 16
Prioritizing Health Care: Is “Health” Always an Appropriate Maximand?
Oliver, A. (2004) · Medical Decision Making · doi:10.1177/0272989x04265479 · Cited by 14
Terminology I would like to see disappear
Detsky, A. S. (1999) · American Heart Journal · doi:10.1016/s0002-8703(99)70429-1 · Cited by 12
Decision Rules in Economic Evaluation
Birch, S., & Gafni, A. (2006) · Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · doi:10.4337/9781845428914.00062 · Cited by 11
Greenberg, D., Winkelmayer, W. C., Rosen, A., & Neumann, P. (2006) · Value in Health · doi:10.1016/s1098-3015(10)64489-0 · Cited by 9
Setting health priorities: the development of cost-effectiveness league tables.
Fox-Rushby, J. A., MILLS, A. J., & Walker, D. G. (2001) · PubMed · doi:10.1590/s0042-96862001000700014 · Cited by 9
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Organ Transplantation
Scherstén, T., Brynger, H. O. A., Karlberg, I. H., & Jonsson, E. (1986) · International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care · doi:10.1017/s0266462300002622 · Cited by 7
Using Economic Evaluations in Decision Making
Siegel, J. E., & Carolyn, C. M. (2002) · doi:10.1093/oso/9780195148978.003.0010 · Cited by 1
Flagged first, then by citations
Research works printed but not linked: 11
- Garber, 2004, Health Aff. (Millwood), 4, 284
- Laupacis, 1992, CMAJ, 146, 473
- Churchill, 1987, Clin. Invest. Med., 10, 14
- McCarthy, 1993, Arch. Intern. Med., 153, 1107, 10.1001/archinte.1993.00410090057007 · DOI
- Owens, 1993, Med. Decis. Making, 13, 395
- Kallmes, 1997, AJNR Am. J. Neuroradiol., 18, 1453
- Fox-Rushby, 2001, Bull. World Health Organ., 79, 679
- Viscusi, 1993, J. Econ. Lit., 31, 1912
- Cutler, 2001, Health Aff. (Millwood), 20, 11
- Hammitt, 2005, ISPOR Connections, 11, 7
- 10.1038/ki.1996.307 · DOI
Cited by
Sorted by citations
Updating cost-effectiveness—the curious resilience of the $50,000-per-QALY threshold
Neumann, P. J., Cohen, J. T., & Weinstein, M. C. (2014) · New England Journal of Medicine · doi:10.1056/nejmp1405158 · Cited by 2,249
Claxton, K., Martin, S., Soares, M. O., Rice, N., Spackman, E., Hinde, S., Devlin, N. J., Smith, P., & Sculpher, M. (2015) · Health Technology Assessment · doi:10.3310/hta19140 · Cited by 883
Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions to Prevent and Control Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review
Li, R., Zhang, P., Barker, L. E., Chowdhury, F. M., & Zhang, X. (2010) · Diabetes Care · doi:10.2337/dc10-0843 · Cited by 491
The Societal and Economic Value of Rotator Cuff Repair
Mather, R. C. “., Koenig, L., Acevedo, D., Dall, T. M., Gallo, P. D., Romeo, A. A., Tongue, J. R., & Williams, G. R. (2013) · Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery · doi:10.2106/jbjs.l.01495 · Cited by 409
Cameron, D. A., Ubels, J., & Norström, F. (2018) · Global Health Action · doi:10.1080/16549716.2018.1447828 · Cited by 383
Metadata
- Authors
- Grosse, S. D.
- Affiliations
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US)
- Corresponding author
- Grosse, Scott D
- ORCID
- Grosse, Scott D
- Venue
- Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2008-04
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 165-178
- ISSN
- 1473-7167 (ISSN-L)
- 1744-8379
- OpenAlex
- W2117419474
- Cited by
- 637
- References
- 179
- Citations by year
- 2026: 18 · 2025: 21 · 2024: 20 · 2023: 23 · 2022: 40 · 2021: 40 · 2020: 48 · 2019: 45 · 2018: 40 · 2017: 55 · 2016: 45 · 2015: 58 · 2014: 52 · 2013: 49 · 2012: 32
- FWCI
- 39.35
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Keywords
- cost-effectiveness threshold, quality-adjusted life years, willingness to pay, end-stage renal disease, dialysis, healthcare resource allocation
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review