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An Empiric Estimate of the Value of Life: Updating the Renal Dialysis Cost-Effectiveness Standard
An Empiric Estimate of the Value of Life: Updating the Renal Dialysis Cost-Effectiveness Standard
Value in Health. January
2009, Vol. 12, Issue 1, Pages 80-87
Proposals to make decisions about coverage of new technology by comparing the technology’s incremental cost-effectiveness with the traditional benchmark of dialysis imply that the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of dialysis is seen a proxy for the value of a statistical year of life. The frequently used ratio for dialysis has, however, not been updated to reflect more recently available data on dialysis.