[A cost-benefit analysis of different therapeutic methods in menorrhagia]

Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 1995 Feb 20;115(5):618-21.
[Article in Norwegian]

Abstract

When deciding the right forms of treatment for various medical conditions it has been usual to consider medical knowledge, norms and experience. Increasingly, economic factors and principles are being introduced by the management, in the form of health economics and pharmaco-economic analyses, enforced as budgetary cuts and demands for rationalisation and measures to increase efficiency. Economic evaluations require construction of models for analyses. We have used DRG-information, National Health reimbursements and pharmacological retail prices to make a cost-efficiency analysis of treatments of menorrhagia. The analysis showed better cost-efficiency for certain pharmacological treatments than for surgery.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis
  • Diagnosis-Related Groups
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Menorrhagia / drug therapy
  • Menorrhagia / economics
  • Menorrhagia / surgery
  • Menorrhagia / therapy*
  • Middle Aged
  • Models, Economic
  • Norway