Standardizing cost-utility analysis in neurosurgery.

Neurosurg Focus

Department of Neurosurgery, University of California-Davis, CA 95817, USA.

Published: July 2012


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This review seeks to introduce the concept of cost-utility analysis in neurosurgery and to highlight its essential components. It also includes a suggested approach to standardization, which would help bring more credence to this research and potentially affect management choices, reimbursement, and policy.

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