A simplified cost-effectiveness model to guide decision-making for shortened anti-tuberculosis treatment regimens

作者：Zwerling A^*; Gomez G B; Pennington J; Cobelens F; Vassall A; Dowdy D W

来源：International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2016, 20(2): 257-260.

DOI：10.5588/ijtld.15.0415

• economic evaluation
• novel technologies
• web-based models

User-friendly models (UFMs) allow local decision makers to explore relationships and apply results from more detailed models of such outcomes as cost-effectiveness. When developing UFMs, modelers must decide which simplifications may be appropriate, enabling the UFM to retain accuracy while reducing complexity. We use the example of cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) for novel shortened anti-tuberculosis treatment regimens across four settings to demonstrate how UFMs can allow decision makers to adapt published results to their local context. We simplified a complex model to produce a UFM that provides similar results, the ability to modify key parameter values, and receive customized results in seconds.

• 出版日期2016-2