Delays in publication of cost utility analyses conducted alongside clinical trials: registry analysis

More than 75% of cost utility analyses were published one year or more after publication of the trial's clinical results Comment We found a substantial delay in the publication of cost utility analyses, suggesting that reliable economic data are usually not available, at least in peer reviewed...

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Published in:BMJ 2004-06, Vol.328 (7455), p.1536-1537
Main Authors: Greenberg, Dan, Rosen, Allison B, Olchanski, Natalia V, Stone, Patricia W, Nadai, John, Neumann, Peter J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Benefit cost analysis
Biological and medical sciences
Clinical trials
Clinical Trials as Topic
Confidence intervals
Cost analysis
Cost control
Cost effectiveness analysis
Cost efficiency
Cost-Benefit Analysis - statistics & numerical data
Economic costs
Economic utility
Experimentation
Health care costs
Impact factors
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Publishing
Quality of life
Registries
Studies
Time Factors
Utilities costs
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Summary:More than 75% of cost utility analyses were published one year or more after publication of the trial's clinical results Comment We found a substantial delay in the publication of cost utility analyses, suggesting that reliable economic data are usually not available, at least in peer reviewed journals, for decision makers when decisions on adoption and reimbursement are typically made. [...]compared with trial results, dissemination of cost utility analyses takes place in journals with lower readership and influence.
ISSN:0959-8138
0959-8146
1468-5833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.38079.502326.AE