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Overview of economic evaluation of positron-emission tomography

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Since the 1990s positron-emission tomography (PET) in Germany has been used increasingly in clinical diagnostics in the areas of oncology, cardiology, and neurology/ psychiatry. As the use of PET requires a complex and expensive infrastructure, analysis of the cost-effectiveness of PET compared to common diagnostic methods is becoming increasingly important. This contribution summarizes and discusses the results of a health technology assessment report on the cost-effectiveness of PET.

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Die Positronen-Emissions-Tomographie (PET) wird in Deutschland seit den 90er-Jahren zunehmend in der klinischen Diagnostik der Indikationsgebiete Onkologie, Kardiologie und Neurologie/Psychiatrie eingesetzt. Da die Anwendung der PET eine komplexe und teure Infrastruktur benötigt, gewinnen Aspekte der Kosteneffektivität, insbesondere im Vergleich zu etablierten Alternativmethoden, an Bedeutung. In diesem Artikel werden die Ergebnisse eines gesundheitsökonomischen HTA-Berichts zur PET zusammenfassend dargestellt und diskutiert.

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  1. Abteilung Gesundheitsökonomie, University of Ulm, Germany, Germany

    A. Müller, D. Stratmann-Schöne, T. Klose & R. Leidl

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Müller, A., Stratmann-Schöne, D., Klose, T. et al. Overview of economic evaluation of positron-emission tomography. Eur J Health Econom 3, 59–65 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-001-0084-3

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