Title
Using simulation for the economic evaluation of liver transplantation
Abstract
This paper demonstrates the use of simulation in an evaluative study for the technology of liver transplantation from cost-effectiveness point of view. This study is conducted in the United Kingdom where there are no explicit guidelines for the prioritization of patients waiting for transplantation. Another objective of the model is to enable health economists to understand the technology of liver transplantation and evaluate alternative policies for prioritizing patients in the waiting list. The paper shows the construction of a tailor-made package (LiverSim) and provides an example of how this package is used by the stakeholders to assist in the evaluation process. Some final lessons are drawn that simulation helps in exploring more issues outside the boundaries of quantitative results.
Year
DOI
Venue
2000
10.1145/510378.510665
Winter Simulation Conference
Keywords
Field
DocType
digital simulation,economics,financial data processing,medical administrative data processing,medical computing,software packages,LiverSim,United Kingdom,cost-effectiveness,economic evaluation,liver transplantation,patient prioritization,simulation,tailor-made software package
Simulation,Computer science,Prioritization,Economic evaluation,Financial data processing,Transplantation,Liver transplantation
Conference
Volume
ISBN
Citations 
2
0-7803-6582-8
5
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.96
2
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Lynne P. Baldwin1404.97
Tillal Eldabi231532.51
Ray J. Paul314417.39
Andrew K. Burroughs450.96