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Cost-Effectiveness Of Cerebrospinal Biomarkers For The Diagnosis Of Alzheimer's Disease, Spencer A. W. Lee, Luciano A. Sposato, Vladimir Hachinski, Lauren E. Cipriano
Cost-Effectiveness Of Cerebrospinal Biomarkers For The Diagnosis Of Alzheimer's Disease, Spencer A. W. Lee, Luciano A. Sposato, Vladimir Hachinski, Lauren E. Cipriano
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Background: Accurate and timely diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is important for prompt initiation of treatment in patients with AD and to avoid inappropriate treatment of patients with false-positive diagnoses. Methods: Using a Markov model, we estimated the lifetime costs and quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) of cerebrospinal fluid biomarker analysis in a cohort of patients referred to a neurologist or memory clinic with suspected AD who remained without a definitive diagnosis of AD or another condition after neuroimaging. Parametric values were estimated from previous health economic models and the medical literature. Extensive deterministic and probabilistic sensitivity analyses were performed to evaluate …