TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 2. Assessing Cost Effectiveness in the Intensive Care Unit
A1  - Coughlin, Michael T.
A1  - Angus, Derek C.
A2  - Hall, Jesse B.
A2  - Schmidt, Gregory A.
A2  - Wood, Lawrence D.H.
PY  - 2005
T2  - Principles of Critical Care, 3e
AB  - The  care  of  critically  ill  patients  in  the  modern  ICU  results  in  a  large  societal  burden  in  terms  of  both  manpower  and  monetary  cost.The  high  cost  of  critical  care  can  largely  be  attributed  to  high  overhead  costs  (e.g.,  need  for  experienced  staff  and  expensive  equipment),  high  resource  utilization  (e.g.,  drugs,  lab  tests,  and  complex  imaging  procedures),  and  an  ever-growing  demand  for  ICU  services.Complex  economic  analysis  of  health  care  decision  making  can  be  reduced  to  two  fundamental  questions  that  need  to  be  answered:  First,  “Is  a  therapy  worth  using  when  compared  with  the  alternatives?"  The  second  question  is  broader  and  asks  “Should  a  portion  of  available  health  care  resources  be  allocated  to  a  given  therapy  or  program?”Routine  incorporation  of  Cost  Effectiveness  studies  is  important  to  the  conduct  of  high  quality  clinical  trials  research  in  the  intensive  care  unit.  Inclusion  of  cost  effectiveness  gives  the  clinician  the  opportunity  to  fully  assess  the  effect  of  a  new  therapy  in  the  ICU.  
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PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2023/03/23
UR  - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=2284156
ER  -