The cost-utility of Viagra® in The Netherlands
OBJECTIVE: Clinical trials suggest that sildenafil is an effective treatment for erectile dysfunction. Nevertheless, reimbursement is controversial: sildenafil is expected to be more effective than conservative therapy (papaverine/ phentolamine injections), but also more costly to society. Economic appraisal of sildenafil is of interest given the prevalence of the disorder. DESIGN: We analyzed the cost-effectiveness of a sildenafil scenario (allowing a switch to injection therapy) and the papaverine/ phentolamine scenario (conservative therapy, no switch allowed). Analyses were performed from... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | workingPaper |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 1999 |
Schlagwörter: | Quality Adjusted Life Years / Time Trade-Off / cost-effectiveness / economic evaluation / impotence / international index of erectile function |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28785952 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
Powered By: | BASE |
Link(s) : | http://repub.eur.nl/pub/1304 |
OBJECTIVE: Clinical trials suggest that sildenafil is an effective treatment for erectile dysfunction. Nevertheless, reimbursement is controversial: sildenafil is expected to be more effective than conservative therapy (papaverine/ phentolamine injections), but also more costly to society. Economic appraisal of sildenafil is of interest given the prevalence of the disorder. DESIGN: We analyzed the cost-effectiveness of a sildenafil scenario (allowing a switch to injection therapy) and the papaverine/ phentolamine scenario (conservative therapy, no switch allowed). Analyses were performed from the societal perspective. Values for health states of erectile dysfunction were collected using time trade-off. Using these values (N=169), we converted trial outcomes (Goldstein, 1998) into quality adjusted life