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Barton, G.R., Fortnum, H.M., Summerfield, A.Q. and Stacey, P.C. 
ORCID: 0000-0002-6018-8979,
2006.
Hearing-impaired children in the United Kingdom, IV: cost-effectiveness of pediatric cochlear implantation.
Ear and Hearing, 27 (5), pp. 575-588.
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Abstract
Objective: To estimate the cost-effectiveness of pediatric cochlear implantation by conducting a costutility analysis from a societal perspective. Design: In a cross-sectional survey, the parents of a representative sample of hearing-impaired children assessed the health utility of their child using a revised version of the Health Utilities Index Mark III questionnaire. Linear regression was used to estimate the gain in health utility associated with implantation while controlling for eight potentially confounding variables: average (4-frequency, unaided, preoperative) hearing level (AHL), age at onset of hearing-impairment, age, gender, number of additional disabilities, parental occupational skill level, ethnicity, and parental hearing status. The gain in health utility was accumulated to estimate the number of quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) that would be gained from implantation over 15 yr and over a child’s lifetime. The incremental societal cost of implantation, calculated in euros (€) at 2001/2 levels, was estimated by summing the incremental costs of implantation that are incurred in the health sector, in the education sector, and by the child’s family. The cost-effectiveness of cochlear implantation was estimated by calculating the incremental societal cost per QALY gained and was compared with an upper limit of acceptability of €50,000 per QALY.
| Item Type: | Journal article | ||||
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| Description: | This is not the final published version | ||||
| Publication Title: | Ear and Hearing | ||||
| Creators: | Barton, G.R., Fortnum, H.M., Summerfield, A.Q. and Stacey, P.C. | ||||
| Publisher: | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | ||||
| Date: | 2006 | ||||
| Volume: | 27 | ||||
| Number: | 5 | ||||
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| Divisions: | Schools > School of Social Sciences | ||||
| Record created by: | EPrints Services | ||||
| Date Added: | 09 Oct 2015 10:13 | ||||
| Last Modified: | 25 Feb 2019 16:26 | ||||
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/9591 |
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